On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 11:24 -0700, David Daney wrote:
> David VomLehn wrote:
> > On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 05:35:18PM +0100, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> >> On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 03:57:19PM -0700, David VomLehn wrote:
> >>
> >>> Most platforms can get by perfectly well with the default command line
> >>> size,
> >>> but some platforms need more. This patch allows the command line size to
> >>> be configured for those platforms that need it. The default remains 256
> >>> characters.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: David VomLehn <dvomlehn@cisco.com>
> >> How big of a command line do you need? For no scientific reason other
> >> than there not being any obvious need for a larger size MIPS is using 256
> >> and I think unless you're asking for a huge number it will be better to
> >> just raise that constant.
> >
> > The answer depends on the platform, but it's at 438 characters on a typical
> > platform. If I *had* to pick a number, I'd probably go for 512 characters; I
> > just hate to force others to use memory they aren't going to use.
> >
>
> I wonder if the memory could be dynamically allocated. It would of
> course be a much larger patch.
>
> David Daney
>
A bit of a chicken and egg problem if your command line arguments
set the memory configuration.
Jon Fraser
Broadcom
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