kexec for powerpc mpc83xx processors

[krish]

Matthew,

I will start exploring kumar's powerpc tree.
Please bare with me, because i am going to post more doubts regarding
this...

On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Simon Horman <horms at verge.net.au> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 02:25:13PM -0500, Matthew McClintock wrote:
> > On Fri, 2010-07-23 at 15:34 +0530, krish wrote:
> > > Hello Matthew,
> > >
> > > Now, i am able to execute kexec successfully on mpc83xx platforms.
> > > Thanks for your support.
> > >
> > > But, My requirement is as follows:
> > > The kexec always loads kernel and dtb images in to memory and starts
> > > the new kernel loaded. But, I want to start the same kernel every
> > > time.
> >
> > You mean you don't want to load a new kernel you just want to reboot the
> > current kernel in place? I don't think that is possible nor an small
> > task.
> Yes..., I would like explore more on this topic.
>


> That would be a new feature for kexec, not just a fix for powerpc.
> And I also suspect it would be difficult to achieve. Certainly more
> difficult than having the image lying around and giving that to kexec.
>
>  Currently, i am working only for powerpc processors.

> > > I am not sure whether i can post this message to kexec-mailing list,
> > > If required i will add kexec-mailing list in CC.
> >
> > Generally, it's always best to post to the list as it will get you the
> > most responses.
>
> Yes :-)
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/attachments/20100726/5e48d2c0/attachment.html>