[syslinux] Failed to allocate memory for kernel command line, bailing out

Patrick Masotta
Thu, 09 Apr 2015 18:05:55 -0000

> "Failed to allocate memory for kernel command line,
> bailing out".

That message comes from main.c when allocate_pages() fails.
allocate_pages() is just a wrapper that calls BS->AllocatePages.
Then the first thing I'd do is to test on different booting clients and see
if the error is related to a particular EFI firmware.

Best,
Patrick