+ update-documentation-kernel-parameterstxt.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled

     update Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is

     update-documentation-kernel-parameterstxt.patch

See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
out what to do about this

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Subject: update Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
From: "jens m. noedler" <noedler@xxxxxx>

Signed-off-by: jens m. noedler <noedler@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---

 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.
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from noedler@xxxxxx are

update-documentation-kernel-parameterstxt.patch

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