From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1UwzbA-0004xA-4s for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 18:58:44 +0000 Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:58:20 -0400 From: Vivek Goyal Subject: Re: kexec -p and initrd Message-ID: <20130710185820.GM5819@redhat.com> References: <51DDACCC.7000705@genband.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <51DDACCC.7000705@genband.com> 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" Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=twosheds.infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: Chris Friesen Cc: Haren Myneni , kexec@lists.infradead.org On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 12:49:48PM -0600, Chris Friesen wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to figure something out but the man pages seem a bit > ambiguous. If I specify the "--initrd" option when loading a kernel > for use on panic, does the initrd get copied into kernel memory at > that point or does it get loaded from the specified path after the > panic when the new kernel is booting? Yes, it gets loaded in kernel memory once kexec -p returns successfuly. For more internals, have a look at. http://lse.sourceforge.net/kdump/documentation/ols2oo5-kdump-paper.pdf Vivek _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec