[PATCH v1] Add in kexec -S for status, and add new Xen hypercall to support this.

[Pratyush Anand]

On Tuesday 15 November 2016 03:42 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> Heya!
>
> I am cross-posting on two mailing lists:
>  xen-devel at lists.xenproject.org
>  kexec at lists.infradead.org
>
> as it may be easier to review and provide input then me going back and forth.

Hummmm..its confusing infact. Patch 1/2 does not belong to kexec-tools 
repository. patch 2/2 is independent in itself, so send 2/2 individually 
to kexec list and once it is getting acked, you can send only 1/2 to 
xen-devel list.


>
> Anyhow the patches are to help with the various distro's poking in
> /sys/../kexec to figure out whether an kexec image is loaded.
>
> This can be done using the -S parameter now with the patch #2.
>
> Also I add an hypercall to Xen so that if kexec is running under Xen
> the same information can be retrieved (see patch #1).

~Pratyush