[PATCH 0/3] kexec-tools: fix bugs and pass initrd position for arm

Wang Nan wangnan0 at huawei.com
Wed Jan 22 21:56:26 EST 2014


On 2014/1/23 10:47, Dave Young wrote:
> On 01/22/14 at 06:52pm, Wang Nan wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This patch series contains following bug fixes and cleanups for
>> kexec-tools on arm platform:
>>
>> Wang Nan (3):
>>   kexec: align initrd when no --image-size
>>   kexec: pass initrd position in dtb
>>   kexec: increase zImage compress ratio from 4 to 5
> 
> One question:
> Is these kexec-tools patches enough for kexec work or still need the
> kernel patches you sent?
> 
> Thanks
> Dave
> 

kexec will work without the kernel side patches, but the atag, kernel
cmdline, dtb information and kernel configuration must be carefully
adjusted.




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