Command-line format clarification
PATCH 1/1 Command-line format clarification
There is some amount of confusion regarding command line format. I propose following clarification:
=== modified file 'doc/multiboot.texi'
multiboot.texi 2010-01-14 15:36:23 +0000 renamed from multiboot.texi 2010-01-12 16:49:46 +0000 +4 -1
@@ -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
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Regards Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko