[PATCH] kexec-tools: do not copy 1st kernel root= param in fs2dt.c
Dave Young
dyoung at redhat.com
Mon Oct 26 00:32:43 PDT 2015
On 10/26/15 at 01:32pm, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 05:23:19PM +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> > On 10/23/15 at 11:19am, Dave Young wrote:
> > > Hi, Simon
> > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Also, won't this affect other architectures that use DT.
> > > > > I'm thinking about ARM. If so it might be good to tweak the changelog.
> > > >
> > > > arm also uses the function, but I need verify the behavior. Will tune the changelog
> > > > after I confirming it.
> > >
> > > kexec on arm will have same problem when there's no external dtb being passed.
> > > But kexec kernel failed to start up during my test there may be other problems.
> > >
> > > I will work out a new patch for new option about skip adding root= from 1st kernel.
> >
> > Simon, for the new option, I'm thinking to create a "--dt-no-old-root". It can be
> > a general option, or arch dependent one for arm and ppc64. What do you prefer?
>
> Lets just make it arch dependent if it only changes the behaviour
> on some architectures. The name sounds good to me.
Ok, will do.
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Thanks
Dave
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