Syslinux - Jan 2003 - syslinux append / command line problems kernel 2.4.19

hi,

command-line parsing for kernels >= 2.4.19 doesn't work for me very 
well. i testet up to syslinux-2.01-pre3 and lines like

APPEND nfsroot=192.168.168.1:/nfsboot 
ip=192.168.168.202:192.168.168.1:192.168.168.1:255.255.255.0:thin1

have no effect. bootmessage like:

...
zone(2): 0 pages.
Kernel command line:
Initializing CPU#0
...

even passing the command line parameters at the syslinux boot prompt 
have no effect and do not reach the kernel. some keywords like vga=ask 
do work, but do not appear when doing a "cat /proc/cmdline".
whith kernel 2.4.18 everything works fine. i guess it's because of the 
changes in linux/init/*

hope to see a working patch soon

m.kreiner

p.s. haven't tested newer kernels > 2.4.19, but i guess it will be the 
same problem

Martin Kreiner wrote:
> hi,
> 
> command-line parsing for kernels >= 2.4.19 doesn't work for me very 
> well. i testet up to syslinux-2.01-pre3 and lines like
> 
> APPEND nfsroot=192.168.168.1:/nfsboot 
> ip=192.168.168.202:192.168.168.1:192.168.168.1:255.255.255.0:thin1
> 
> have no effect. bootmessage like:
> 
> ...
> zone(2): 0 pages.
> Kernel command line:
> Initializing CPU#0
> ...
> 
> even passing the command line parameters at the syslinux boot prompt 
> have no effect and do not reach the kernel. some keywords like vga=ask 
> do work, but do not appear when doing a "cat /proc/cmdline".
> whith kernel 2.4.18 everything works fine. i guess it's because of the 
> changes in linux/init/*
> 
> hope to see a working patch soon
> 
> m.kreiner
> 
> p.s. haven't tested newer kernels > 2.4.19, but i guess it will be
the
> same problem
> 
Please test the latest kernel.  This sounds like a (very serious) kernel 
bug.

	-hpa