From: "jens m. noedler" Signed-off-by: jens m. noedler Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 +++++++ 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+) diff -puN Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~update-documentation-kernel-parameterstxt Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~update-documentation-kernel-parameterstxt +++ a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ be entered as an environment variable, w 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. _