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Subject: Re: kexec fails to boot kernels where CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE=y is set
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To: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>, WANG Chao <chaowang@redhat.com>
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On 2014-08-22 14:38, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> So may be this failure happens because new kernel stomps over page tables
> of old kernel. But if that theory is right, then we should be able to
> kexec using 32bit entry point of bzImage.
> 
> Thomas, have you had any success with that?

When I execute kexec with "--entry-32bit" (I understand that you asked
me to try that) the new kernel will boot as expected.

I'll now try the kernel patch...


-Thomas


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