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Subject: [PATCH] Command-line format clarification
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:38:02 +0100
From: Vladimir 'Ï-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko <phcoder%gmail.com@localhost>
To: The development of GRUB 2 <grub-devel%gnu.org@localhost>
There is some amount of confusion regarding command line format. I
propose following clarification:
=== modified file 'doc/multiboot.texi'
--- doc/multiboot.texi 2010-01-12 16:49:46 +0000
+++ doc/multiboot.texi 2010-01-14 15:36:23 +0000
@@ -707,7 +707,11 @@
If bit 2 of the @samp{flags} longword is set, the @samp{cmdline} field
is valid, and contains the physical address of the command line to
be passed to the kernel. The command line is a normal C-style
-zero-terminated string.
+zero-terminated string. The exact format of command line is left to
+OS developpers. General-purpose boot loaders should allow user a complete
+control on command line independently of other factors like image name.
+Boot loaders with specific payload in mind may completely or partially
generate
+it algorithmically.
If bit 3 of the @samp{flags} is set, then the @samp{mods} fields
indicate to the kernel what boot modules were loaded along with the
--
Regards
Vladimir 'Ï-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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