[PATCH v15 00/20] arm64 kexec kernel patches v15

Dave Young
2016-05-18T02:09:17Z

Hi Marc

On 05/17/16 at 09:06am, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> On 17/05/16 06:42, Dave Young wrote:
> > Marc, it has been discussed for long time, I think kdump code can be
> > logically splitted from this series so that we can get the kexec
> > done first?
>
> The basis for kexec are already on their way to mainline, as part of the
> hibernate series that James has put together.
>
> I'd expect someone to:
>
> 1) rebase the remaining kexec/kdump patches based on the current
> arm64/for-next/core,
> 2) post these patches when -rc1 gets cut in two weeks from now,
> 3) address the review comments in a timely manner,
> 4) update the series once a week so that we see some actual progress
>
> If this happens, I can't see any reason why this code wouldn't get
> merged. But keeping kexec and kdump together is not what has prevented
> the code from getting merged until now.

Cool, thanks a lot for the clarification about the situation.

Dave