[PATCH] kexec: Add --lite option
Geoff Levand
geoff at infradead.org
Wed Oct 21 17:37:28 PDT 2015
Hi Jeremy,
On Thu, 2015-10-22 at 08:02 +0800, Jeremy Kerr wrote:
> Add a new option --lite to kexec that allows for a fast reboot
> > by avoiding the purgatory integrity checks. This option is
> > intended for use by kexec based bootloaders that load a new
> > image and then immediately transfer control to it.
>
> Can we call this something other than 'lite'? I'd want to prevent any
> confusion when referring to 'kexec-lite', which is a separate
> project.
Well, that is why I chose the name 'lite', because it mimics what kexec
-lite does...
What do others think?
-Geoff
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