diff options
author | jens m. noedler <noedler@web.de> | 2006-09-29 11:00:27 +0200 |
---|---|---|
committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-09-29 18:18:15 +0200 |
commit | 9c4751fd0eab5b8ebbfafb28cbcc8e03b0da5933 (patch) | |
tree | 164ae23293204aa4b93dc84299d1958781096f4e /Documentation | |
parent | [PATCH] dquot: add proper locking when using current->signal->tty (diff) | |
download | linux-9c4751fd0eab5b8ebbfafb28cbcc8e03b0da5933.tar.xz linux-9c4751fd0eab5b8ebbfafb28cbcc8e03b0da5933.zip |
[PATCH] update Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
Signed-off-by: jens m. noedler <noedler@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
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. |