From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [85.10.209.111] (helo=mail.road.de) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IaZOW-0007JA-43 for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:05:48 +0200 Received: from slimfast.dyndns.org (unknown [192.168.254.1]) by mail.road.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 831C3390004; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:01:16 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (ulitu.handy-pc.constin.de [192.168.116.44]) by slimfast.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CA50AD4001; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:01:16 +0200 (CEST) Received: from ip6-localhost (unknown [IPv6:::1]) by localhost.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 894F7D98DA0; Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:01:15 +0200 (CEST) From: Uli Luckas Organization: Road GmbH To: "Hans Henry von Tresckow" Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:01:12 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200709260921.20447.u.luckas@road.de> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <200709261801.13349.u.luckas@road.de> Cc: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: RFC: Kexec Cmdline Support X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:05:49 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday, 26. September 2007, you wrote: > On 9/26/07, Uli Luckas wrote: > > By the way, who is the original author of the arm-kexec-utils patch? I'd > > like > > to see kexec support pushed upstream which requires a sign-off of the > > original author. > > > > IIRC, Richard Purdie wrote the original kexec patch for arm. I would love > to try out your solution. Do you know which version of the vanilla kernel > now has the proper patches in place? I use kexec with 2.6.21. > I would most likely need to do some tweaking, since the original sharp > bootloader passes a cmdline that is incompatible with 2.6 kernels. For now you might have to modify the hard coded base address. > But I would love to see some support for kexec cmdline editing in the near > future. > > Henry von Tresckow (hvontres) Thanks, Uli -- ------- ROAD ...the handyPC Company - - - ) ) ) Uli Luckas Software Development ROAD GmbH Bennigsenstr. 14 | 12159 Berlin | Germany fon: +49 (30) 230069 - 64 | fax: +49 (30) 230069 - 69 url: www.road.de Amtsgericht Charlottenburg: HRB 96688 B Managing directors: Hans-Peter Constien, Hubertus von Streit