Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751422AbWH1UMW (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:12:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751427AbWH1UMW (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:12:22 -0400 Received: from ausc60pc101.us.dell.com ([143.166.85.206]:7038 "EHLO ausc60pc101.us.dell.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751422AbWH1UMV (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:12:21 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: s=smtpout; d=dell.com; c=nofws; q=dns; b=zUXjm560isQONUEOPUHPO5f2J81QKpoWEjf0W2EVYiKgLlxb3+4YnTKMHN9O76cMI+3smNaoqFSSS+iCuTNMKcY1+RebjITOCLiaV3KZVIUMhHqt+8rVYflY5wa16EyK; X-IronPort-AV: i="4.08,176,1154926800"; d="scan'208"; a="70404637:sNHT21196035" Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:12:23 -0500 From: Matt Domsch To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Alon Bar-Lev , Andi Kleen , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, johninsd@san.rr.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL - Breaking the 256 limit (ping) Message-ID: <20060828201223.GE13464@lists.us.dell.com> References: <44F1F356.5030105@zytor.com> <200608272254.13871.ak@suse.de> <44F21122.3030505@zytor.com> <44F286E8.1000100@gmail.com> <44F2902B.5050304@gmail.com> <44F29BCD.3080408@zytor.com> <9e0cf0bf0608280519y7a9afcb9od29494b9cacb8852@mail.gmail.com> <44F335C8.7020108@zytor.com> <20060828184637.GD13464@lists.us.dell.com> <44F33D55.4080704@zytor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44F33D55.4080704@zytor.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 972 Lines: 28 On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 12:00:37PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Matt Domsch wrote: > > > >No reason. I was just trying to be careful, not leaving data in the > >upper bits of those registers going uninitialized. If we know they're > >not being used ever, then it's not a problem. But I don't think > >that's the source of the command line size concern, is it? > > > > No, it's treating the command line as a fixed buffer, as opposed to a > null-terminated string. This was always a bug, by the way. OK, I'll look at fixing that, and using %esi throughout. Thanks, Matt -- Matt Domsch Software Architect Dell Linux Solutions linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux Linux on Dell mailing lists @ http://lists.us.dell.com - 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/