From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from fgwmail5.fujitsu.co.jp ([192.51.44.35]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1MJ12a-0001Os-LE for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:07:47 +0000 Received: from m4.gw.fujitsu.co.jp ([10.0.50.74]) by fgwmail5.fujitsu.co.jp (Fujitsu Gateway) with ESMTP id n5N87W59009161 for (envelope-from seto.hidetoshi@jp.fujitsu.com); Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:07:32 +0900 Received: from smail (m4 [127.0.0.1]) by outgoing.m4.gw.fujitsu.co.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id C808945DE88 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:07:25 +0900 (JST) Received: from s4.gw.fujitsu.co.jp (s4.gw.fujitsu.co.jp [10.0.50.94]) by m4.gw.fujitsu.co.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9763545DE81 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:07:25 +0900 (JST) Received: from s4.gw.fujitsu.co.jp (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by s4.gw.fujitsu.co.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0509A1DB803F for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:07:24 +0900 (JST) Received: from m107.s.css.fujitsu.com (m107.s.css.fujitsu.com [10.249.87.107]) by s4.gw.fujitsu.co.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 749E5E08015 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:07:22 +0900 (JST) Message-ID: <4A408D32.9010500@jp.fujitsu.com> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:07:14 +0900 From: Hidetoshi Seto MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] ia64, kdump: Mask MCA/INIT on freezing cpus References: <4A39E247.4030908@jp.fujitsu.com> <4A39E2CF.80901@jp.fujitsu.com> <20090622134557.GC7084@sgi.com> <4A4022EA.1020506@jp.fujitsu.com> <20090623055536.GE6865@sgi.com> In-Reply-To: <20090623055536.GE6865@sgi.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-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: Robin Holt Cc: Haren Myneni , linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Vivek Goyal , kexec@lists.infradead.org Robin Holt wrote: > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 09:33:46AM +0900, Hidetoshi Seto wrote: >> Robin Holt wrote: > ... >> Do you mean that the 2nd kernel should be able to handle MCA/INIT from its >> boot up? I guess the word PROM is nearly equal to PAL/SAL firmware, if so >> then I don't think there are good generic interface/procedure could be >> useful here. Do you have any concrete idea? > > No concrete ideas. Just a really uneasy feeling whenever the INIT > is disabled. Don't worry, don't be afraid. Again, my patches don't disable INIT until kdump is invoked. (And if kdump is invoked via INIT, it have already masked at the begging of INIT handlers.) > If you could give this some consideration, I would appreciate it. > I really don't have the time to dedicate to thinking all the way through > and therefore will not stand in the way of any patch you propose. > If I can be of help in any way, please let me know. I know you guys are busy with this and that... It would be the best if you could test my patches soon on SGI servers, but I would appreciate it too if you could let me know if you have any trouble on the patches later. Thanks, H.Seto _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec