[PATCH] kexec tools mipsel port

Simon Horman horms at verge.net.au
Sat Feb 16 11:33:57 EST 2008


On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 12:50:25PM +0100, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
>>> We developed a patch to port kexec-tools to mips arch and included
>>> support for command line passing through elf boot notes.  We did it
>>> for a customer of ours on a specific platform derived from toshiba
>>> tx4938 (so we think it should work at least for tx4938 evaluation
>>> board also).  We would like to contribute it in case somebody else
>>> needs it or wants to improve it.  This patch works for us but the
>>> assembler part in particular, should be considered as a starting point
>>> because my assembly knowledge is not too deep.
>>
>> thanks for the patch. Sending them to this list is indeed the right
>> thing to do. You can also CC me (who makes the commits) to be sure
>> to get my attention.
>
> Hi,
>
> There was a thread about kexec-tools mipsel port on Kexec Mailing List  
> in June 2007.
>
> What's the current state of this patch?
>
> Is it working, will be merged, will not be merged?

Its still very much in the state of needing someone to
nurse it into a merge.

-- 
Horms




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