Re: [PATCH 1/1] 2.6.14-rc3 x86: COMMAND_LINE_SIZE

Alon Bar-Lev <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> +config COMMAND_LINE_MAX_SIZE
> +	int "Maximum kernel command-line size"
> +	default 512
> +	help
> +	  This option allows you to specify maximum kernel command-line
> +	  for kernel to handle.

I think making that a config is a really bad idea. What happens
when the user specifies a very large value. Or a very small one?
There are subtle dependencies with the boot loader, so this is
mostly a lie anyways.  And it doesn't really safe enough memory to 
bother with a CONFIG.

Also the last time I tried to increase this all kind of systems
with old bootloaders exploded (e.g. lilo on systems with large EDID
information - search the archives). Have these issues been resolved now? 
If yes then I would suggest to just double the default.
If not it cannot be changed anyways.

-Andi
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