newbie question: kexec linux-based bootstrap

[Randy Dunlap]

Bizhan Gholikhamseh (bgholikh) wrote:
> 
>> I use kexec daily for boot-testing new kernels.
> I have enabled the kexec in the kernel configuration, when I ran the
> kexec I get the following error:

You enabled kexec in the new kernel that you are trying to load or in
the first/running kernel?  It appears that kexec is not loaded in the
first/running kernel, but it must be enabled for kexec-tools to work
correctly.


> # ./kexec -l ./bzImage
> kexec_load failed: Function not implemented
> entry       = 0x977b8 flags = 0
> nr_segments = 3
> segment[0].buf   = 0x8071600
> segment[0].bufsz = 2a00
> segment[0].mem   = 0x3000
> segment[0].memsz = 3000
> segment[1].buf   = 0x806a550
> segment[1].bufsz = 7060
> segment[1].mem   = 0x97000
> segment[1].memsz = 9000
> segment[2].buf   = 0xb7c3aa08
> segment[2].bufsz = 1d7eb8
> segment[2].mem   = 0x100000
> segment[2].memsz = 1d8000
> 
> ???                             
> 


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~Randy