On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 01:47:53PM +0800, Bob Liu wrote: >[..] > Machine2: bootcmdline in grub.cfg "memmap=0x77ffffff$0x880000000", the result > of > "cat /proc/cmdline" changed to "memmap=0x77ffffffx880000000". > > I didn't find the root cause, I think maybe grub reserved "$0" as something > special. > Replace '$' with '%' in kernel boot parameter can fix this issue.
You are correct with the root cause, however I don't think the patch is needed. In order to bypass grub's variable evaluation you can simply use escaping and replace $ with \$ in your grub config. -- Dan Aloni -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
