[rfc] Merge kexec-tools into the kernel tree

[Andi Kleen]

ebiederm at xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) writes:
>
> I'm afraid that someone has a good answer for why their lives would be
> simpler if /sbin/kexec was in the kernel tree and I will be absolutely
> horrified and about someones stupidity when I hear that answer.

Same here. In fact I guess it would be counter productive: it would
discourage a stable API between the kernel and the user tool.
We're seeing this problem with other user tools which are in 
the kernel tree.

-Andi

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