[PATCH v2] kexec: implemented XEN KEXEC STATUS to determine if an image is loaded

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk]

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 02:35:17PM +0100, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 11:03:54AM -0600, Eric DeVolder wrote:
> > Instead of the scripts having to poke at various fields we can
> > provide that functionality via the -S parameter.
> > 
> > Returns 0 if the payload is loaded. Can be used in combination
> > with -l or -p to get the state of the proper kexec image.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk at oracle.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Eric DeVolder <eric.devolder at oracle.com>
> > ---
> > Note: The corresponding Xen changes have been committed
> > to the Xen staging branch. Follow this thread:
> > https://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2017-01/msg01570.html
> 
> Hi,
> 
> this change seems worthwhile to me but am I correct in thinking that
> it adds a new -S option that works both with and without Xen?

Correct.
> If so I'd like that reflected in the changelog.