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@xxxxxxxxx> > > 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. > Ralf David