On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 12:12:20AM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > > 65535 characters? Are you for real? > > Stop and think about just how big that is. If you have to create > > a boot command line that long, you have serious, serious issues. > > Well, it is about the same size as my .config...
So? That has *nothing* to do with the boot command line > I agree we are unlikely to hit it any time soon... I could imagine > some (ab)uses, like fixed_acpi_bios=<lots of hex digits>, but those > are ugly. That's beyond ugly, and rapidly heading towards 'loony'. > I could also imagine some uses where entire embedded machine > is described at kernel commandline. There are far better ways to get configuration into the kernel than the boot command line. Anyways, I'm tired of arguing for the sake of arguing. I really could care less. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/