From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-we0-x229.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c03::229]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1WsmyI-0003Bn-OD for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2014 05:45:47 +0000 Received: by mail-we0-f169.google.com with SMTP id q58so2057714wes.14 for ; Thu, 05 Jun 2014 22:45:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5391556D.6090204@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 07:45:17 +0200 From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/13][V3] kexec: A new system call to allow in kernel loading References: <1401800822-27425-1-git-send-email-vgoyal@redhat.com> <20140603131203.GA23395@redhat.com> <20140604092214.GA17528@dhcp-17-89.nay.redhat.com> <20140604175031.GA4406@redhat.com> <20140605140416.GB17389@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20140605140416.GB17389@redhat.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: Vivek Goyal Cc: mjg59@srcf.ucam.org, bhe@redhat.com, Jiri Kosina , Greg Kroah-Hartman , kexec@lists.infradead.org, Linux Kernel , Borislav Petkov , "Eric W. Biederman" , "H. Peter Anvin" , Andrew Morton , Linux API , dyoung@redhat.com, WANG Chao , mtk.manpages@gmail.com On 06/05/2014 04:04 PM, Vivek Goyal wrote: > On Wed, Jun 04, 2014 at 09:39:10PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote: >> Vivek, >> >> As per Documentation/SubmitChecklist , please CC linux-api@ on patces >> that change the ABI/API. See >> https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/linux-api-ml.html. > > Hi Michael, > > Sorry, I did not notice that. I will CC linux-api@ in next version of > patches in patches which introduce new systemcal.. > >> >> Also, is there some draft man page for this new system call? > > No, there is none yet. In fact I don't see a man page for old kexec > system call either kexec_load(). Is this not what you are meaning: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/kexec_load.2.html ? (It probably could be improved...) > Do you want me to write man page for this new syscall? These days, that's considered a desirable accompaniment to new syscall proposals. Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec