linux-kernel - Re: Longer command line for kexec on i386

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Message-ID:  <loom.20070725T174305-393@post.gmane.org>
Date:	Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:50:26 +0000 (UTC)
From:	Ed Swierk <eswierk@...stra.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject:  Re: Longer command line for kexec on i386

Ed Swierk <eswierk <at> arastra.com> writes:

> I made the following change to kexec:
>
> [deleted]
> 
> but I'm now seeing intermittent corruption of the initrd in the new kernel--a
> few bytes at different locations each time.
> 
> I suspect I've neglected some other important changes to the boot protocol.  

The corruption is due to a "hardware" bug (qemu), which was in fact corrupting
memory (http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/18774).  Extending
the command line in kexec somehow made the corruption noticeable.

--Ed


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