From: jens m. noedler Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 09:00:27 +0000 (-0700) Subject: [PATCH] update Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9c4751fd0eab5b8ebbfafb28cbcc8e03b0da5933;p=linux-beck.git [PATCH] update Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt Signed-off-by: jens m. noedler Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 54983246930d..211c45acce89 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ be entered as an environment variable, whereas its absence indicates that it will appear as a kernel argument readable via /proc/cmdline by programs running once the system is up. +The number of kernel parameters is not limited, but the length of the +complete command line (parameters including spaces etc.) is limited to +a fixed number of characters. This limit depends on the architecture +and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file +./include/asm/setup.h as COMMAND_LINE_SIZE. + + 53c7xx= [HW,SCSI] Amiga SCSI controllers See header of drivers/scsi/53c7xx.c. See also Documentation/scsi/ncr53c7xx.txt.