Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751787AbWEEV7g (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 May 2006 17:59:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751788AbWEEV7g (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 May 2006 17:59:36 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([192.83.249.54]:63684 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751787AbWEEV7f (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 May 2006 17:59:35 -0400 Message-ID: <445BCA33.30903@zytor.com> Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 14:57:07 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060313) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Coffman CC: Alon Bar-Lev , Linux Kernel Mailing List , "Barry K. Nathan" , Adrian Bunk , tony.luck@intel.com Subject: Re: [PATCH][TAKE 4] THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL - Breaking the 256 limit References: <445B5524.2090001@gmail.com> <445B5C92.5070401@zytor.com> <445B610A.7020009@gmail.com> <445B62AC.90600@zytor.com> <6.2.3.4.0.20060505110517.036df928@pop-server.san.rr.com> <445B96D2.9070301@zytor.com> <6.2.3.4.0.20060505144445.03642988@pop-server.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.0.20060505144445.03642988@pop-server.san.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 823 Lines: 22 John Coffman wrote: >> >> The problem is that some people have reported that the kernel crashes >> if booted with LILO and the size limit is more than 255. They haven't >> so far commented on how they observed that, and that's a major problem. > > Just re-compiling LILO with the COMMAND_LINE_SIZE parameter changed > from 256 to 512 will not work. A .bss area must be moved to avoid > clobbering the kernel header. > Okay, let me ask this: If the *kernel* limit is modified, but the LILO limit is not, what will happen? This is the real crux of the matter. -hpa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/