RE: [Xen-devel] problem using compiled kernel -- Sisu

[Mike Viau <viaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:09:29 +0100 <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This is a tricky issue actually. Strictly it is Xen which throws away the
> first parameter on each command line. This is because the Multiboot protocol
> behaviour, as established by GRUB1, is that the command line passed to us
> includes the name of the kernel binary (e.g. xen.gz loglvl=all sync_console)
> and so we strip that off. But GRUB2 has arbitrarily changed behaviour to
> only pass parameters in the command-line string. Hence lopping the first
> item in the string actually lops a parameter. The workaround is to stick
> something dummy as the first parameter, such as a period. This behaviour
> change between GRUB1 and GRUB2 is a pain in the arse.
>
> -- Keir
>

Thanks Keir for this explanation, and to Sander Eikelenboom for the link on grub's boot information format.

-M

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