From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from byebye.mdh.se ([130.243.85.101]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.69 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1Nw9AQ-0004Pv-T8 for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:13:51 +0000 Received: from dahlsten.mdh.se (dahlsten.mdh.se [130.243.76.148]) by byebye.mdh.se (8.12.11/8.12.11/Debian-5) with ESMTP id o2T7Dd9T008027 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:13:39 +0200 Received: from f-brevik.mdh.local (f-brevik.ita.mdh.se [130.243.82.49]) by dahlsten.mdh.se (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id o2T7DbvN014044 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:13:37 +0200 (MET DST) From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Daniel_Flemstr=F6m?= Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:13:36 +0200 Subject: Anyone working on kexec for embedded powerpc? Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <4BABC8EC.10108@bwalle.de> Content-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1933293878==" Sender: kexec-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: "kexec@lists.infradead.org" --===============1933293878== Content-Language: en Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_C7D61FBF6C26danielflemstrommdhse_" --_000_C7D61FBF6C26danielflemstrommdhse_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all! I have a mpc8641 hpcn board which i want to run kexec on and also do some r= esearch on software restart. I think kexec is an excellent idea for embedded systems where you want to h= ave quick restarts, but currently I can only see ppc gamecube support. Somewhere i saw that Benjamin Herrenschmidt had plans, but it was a rather = old message. Have anyone done any work with this for powerpc? Otherwise i intend do start some work to port it to the powerpc platform(if= possible). I guess that the powerpc usage of device tree instead of the "blob" might b= e the biggest issue? Is this the correct place for these discussions? /Daniel Flemstr=F6m SE research department M=E4lardalen University --_000_C7D61FBF6C26danielflemstrommdhse_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Anyone working on kexec for embedded powerpc? Hi all!
I have a mpc8641 hpcn board which i want to run kexec on and also do some r= esearch on software restart.
I think kexec is an excellent idea for embedded systems where you want to h= ave quick restarts, but currently I can only see ppc gamecube support.

Somewhere i saw that Benjamin Herrenschmidt had plans, but it was a rather = old message. Have anyone done any work with this for powerpc?
Otherwise i intend do start some work to port it to the powerpc platform(if= possible).
I guess that the powerpc usage of device tree instead of the “blob= 221; might be the biggest issue?

Is this the correct place for these discussions?


/Daniel Flemström
SE research department
Mälardalen University

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