[PATCH v7 08/11] arm64: kexec_file: enable KEXEC_FILE config
AKASHI Takahiro
takahiro.akashi at linaro.org
Sun Dec 3 18:57:58 PST 2017
Modify arm64/Kconfig and Makefile to enable kexec_file_load support.
File-format specific hook functions to load a kernel image will
follow this patch.
Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi at linaro.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
---
arch/arm64/Kconfig | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index a93339f5178f..865d110809f9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -794,6 +794,19 @@ config KEXEC
but it is independent of the system firmware. And like a reboot
you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux.
+config KEXEC_FILE
+ bool "kexec file based system call"
+ select KEXEC_CORE
+ select BUILD_BIN2C
+ ---help---
+ This is new version of kexec system call. This system call is
+ file based and takes file descriptors as system call argument
+ for kernel and initramfs as opposed to list of segments as
+ accepted by previous system call.
+
+ In addition to this option, you need to enable a specific type
+ of image support.
+
config CRASH_DUMP
bool "Build kdump crash kernel"
help
--
2.14.1
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