linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86_64, i386: Add command line length to boot protocol

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Message-ID: <9e0cf0bf0703061346q5c6ee3e8lce5d6e7a63b40ee9@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 7 Mar 2007 00:46:48 +0300
From:	"Alon Bar-Lev" <alon.barlev@...il.com>
To:	alon.barlev@...il.com, ak@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64, i386: Add command line length to boot protocol

On 3/6/07, Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de> wrote:
> +The kernel command line is a null-terminated string. The maximum
> +length can be retrieved from the field cmdline_size.  Before protocol
> +version 2.06, the maximum was 255 characters.  A string that is too
> +long will be automatically truncated by the kernel.

This is incorrect.
Since 2.02, the maximum was null terminated string truncated by kernel.

Best Regards,
Alon Bar-Lev.
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