* Vivek Goyal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-01-30 22:45]: > > No. 2.04 is really old. As per boot.txt, it was introduced in 2.6.14. > > Anyway, thinking about it more, Large command lines were introduced in > 2.6.21 kernel (for both i386 and x86_64). cmdline_size was introduced > in 2.6.22 (for both i386 and x86_64). So how about following test > condition for both the arch. > > if (boot_protocol >= 2.06) > error message based on cmdline_size field > else > Warn user if command line is more than 256 but continue to work. > Let the user know that it is not known if kernel being loaded > supports command line size greater than 256. Command line will > be truncated by destination kernel if it does not support large > command lines. User is taking a chance
Yes, I also think that's sufficient. Bernhard _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec