From 9c4751fd0eab5b8ebbfafb28cbcc8e03b0da5933 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "jens m. noedler" Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 02:00:27 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt Signed-off-by: jens m. noedler Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 54983246930..211c45acce8 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. -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258