Matthew,<br><br>I will start exploring kumar's powerpc tree.<br>Please bare with me, because i am going to post more doubts regarding this...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Simon Horman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:horms@verge.net.au">horms@verge.net.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 02:25:13PM -0500, Matthew McClintock wrote:<br>
> On Fri, 2010-07-23 at 15:34 +0530, krish wrote:<br>
> > Hello Matthew,<br>
> ><br>
> > Now, i am able to execute kexec successfully on mpc83xx platforms.<br>
> > Thanks for your support.<br>
> ><br>
> > But, My requirement is as follows:<br>
> > The kexec always loads kernel and dtb images in to memory and starts<br>
> > the new kernel loaded. But, I want to start the same kernel every<br>
> > time.<br>
><br>
> You mean you don't want to load a new kernel you just want to reboot the<br>
> current kernel in place? I don't think that is possible nor an small<br>
> task.<br>
Yes..., I would like explore more on this topic.<br></div></blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">
</div>That would be a new feature for kexec, not just a fix for powerpc.<br>
And I also suspect it would be difficult to achieve. Certainly more<br>
difficult than having the image lying around and giving that to kexec.<br>
<div class="im"><br></div></blockquote><div> Currently, i am working only for powerpc processors.<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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> > I am not sure whether i can post this message to kexec-mailing list,<br>
> > If required i will add kexec-mailing list in CC.<br>
><br>
> Generally, it's always best to post to the list as it will get you the<br>
> most responses.<br>
<br>
</div>Yes :-)<br>
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