From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.syneticon.net ([213.239.212.131] helo=mail2.syneticon.net) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.68 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1JQYXj-00071y-Pt for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:42:16 +0000 Message-ID: <47B790DD.7090100@wpkg.org> Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 02:41:49 +0100 From: Tomasz Chmielewski MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH] kexec tools mipsel port References: <47B6CE01.60701@wpkg.org> <20080216163357.GA32373@verge.net.au> <47B74826.8090707@wpkg.org> In-Reply-To: <47B74826.8090707@wpkg.org> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: kexec-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=infradead.org+dwmw2=infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: Tomasz Chmielewski Cc: francesco.chiechi@colibre.it, Simon Horman , Kexec Mailing List Tomasz Chmielewski schrieb: (...) >>> There was a thread about kexec-tools mipsel port on Kexec Mailing >>> List in June 2007. >>> >>> What's the current state of this patch? >>> >>> Is it working, will be merged, will not be merged? >> >> Its still very much in the state of needing someone to >> nurse it into a merge. > > Funny thing is, kernel supports kexec, but there is no userland support > for it (well, unless you patch kexec-tools with the patches you found > somewhere on the internet). > > I'll try to see if the old patches posted to this list work for me. Well, it's not very encouraging: # kexec -l vmlinux-2.6.23.1 # kexec -e Starting new kernel Will call new kernel at 002ca000 Bye ... And that's about it. Do I need to specify mem-min and/or mem-max on mipsel? -- Tomasz Chmielewski http://wpkg.org _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec