From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Stanislaw Skowronek <sskowron@ET.PUT.Poznan.PL>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: patch like kexec for MIPS possible?
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 16:11:26 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050206161126.GA16351@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10502061710140.20130-100000@helios.et.put.poznan.pl>
On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 05:11:53PM +0100, Stanislaw Skowronek wrote:
> > I guess only the big iron fraction among us will really be missing
> > something like kexec - firmware reinitialization may take minutes on that
> > calibre of system so being able to get around that would be a good thing.
>
> Well, a firmware reinitialization on my Octane (the old one) takes
> minutes. Still, the kernel requires the hardware to be initalized by PROM
> (just like on Origins, really) so kexec is of no help here.
That's something that could be dealt with.
On Origins I usually disable memory test which helps a little but still
is slower than I'd like. For general hacking eval boards that need like
a second to reset just rock :-)
Ralf
prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-02-06 16:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-02-05 16:50 patch like kexec for MIPS possible? Robert Michel
2005-02-05 17:41 ` Thiemo Seufer
2005-02-05 19:11 ` Robert Michel
2005-02-05 20:33 ` Wolfgang Denk
2005-02-06 1:01 ` Dan Malek
2005-02-06 9:29 ` Wolfgang Denk
2005-02-06 0:28 ` Thiemo Seufer
2005-02-07 16:37 ` Robert Michel
2005-02-05 19:26 ` Stanislaw Skowronek
2005-02-06 15:56 ` Ralf Baechle
2005-02-06 16:11 ` Stanislaw Skowronek
2005-02-06 16:11 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
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