From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:35:44 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]:2284 "EHLO dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20022370AbXHIMfm (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Aug 2007 13:35:42 +0100 Received: from denk.linux-mips.net (denk.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net (8.14.1/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l79CZUVv014500; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 13:35:30 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l79CZUs7014499; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 13:35:30 +0100 Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 13:35:30 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: Andrew Sharp Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: kexec - not happening on mipsel? Message-ID: <20070809123530.GA14183@linux-mips.org> References: <20070808170846.7d395891@ripper.onstor.net> <20070808184120.40b6b5d5@ripper.onstor.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070808184120.40b6b5d5@ripper.onstor.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 16151 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 06:41:20PM -0700, Andrew Sharp wrote: > > We could sure make use of kexec for quick reboots (it bloody takes > > forever for the PROM to set up ECC memory). The config option is in > > Kconfig; I haven't checked the kernel source. But the userspace > > package kexec-tools barfs on the mipsel arch in configure. > > Answering my own question on this part at least, it didn't take long to > find this patch, so we'll see how that goes. > > http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2007-June/000214.html > > > Is anybody using this on MIPS? Do the kernel portions work for > > anyone? I recently noticed the kernel part was fairly broken, did (if ever) only work for 32-bit machines. I fixed what I could but I don't have the necessary test setup. See http://www.linux-mips.org/git?p=linux.git;a=commit;h=bb73f9d8ee3133800da546832ca7f09d3f27695e Ralf