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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 22:04:06 +0200
From: Alon Bar-Lev <alon.barlev@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] 2.6.14-rc3 x86: COMMAND_LINE_SIZE
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Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> It's a bad idea to have a CONFIG for every buffer. If we go down this way
> this way we end up with a unconfigurable kernel at some point with
> hundreds of obscure parameters. Just increase it if there is a need for it.
> If you're really worried about memory consumption you can
> make the big buffer __initdata and copy it to a newly allocated buffer of the 
> right size.

OK... So I think 1024 bytes should be used... Does it sound OK?

But I still think that the documentation should not specify 
a fixed size, so that boot loaders will pass the full 
command line to the kernel.

Best Regards,
Alon Bar-Lev.
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