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From: takahiro.akashi@linaro.org (AKASHI Takahiro)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [RFC] arm64: kexec_file_load support
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 14:11:12 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160701051111.GL20774@linaro.org> (raw)

Hi,

I'm not sure whether there is any demand for kexec_file_load
support on arm64, but anyhow I'm working on this and now
my early prototype code does work fine.

There is, however, one essential issue:
While arm64 kernel requires a device tree blob to be set up
correctly at boot time, the current system call API doesn't
have this parameter.
    int kexec_file_load(int kernel_fd, int initrd_fd,
                        unsigned long cmdline_len, const char *cmdline_ptr,
                        unsigned long flags);

Should we invent a new system call, like kexec_file_load2,
and, if so, what kind of interface would be desired?

Thanks,
-Takahiro AKASHI

             reply	other threads:[~2016-07-01  5:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-07-01  5:11 AKASHI Takahiro [this message]
2016-07-01 15:46 ` [RFC] arm64: kexec_file_load support Thiago Jung Bauermann
2016-07-04  6:58   ` AKASHI Takahiro
2016-07-04 22:50     ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2016-07-05  8:07       ` AKASHI Takahiro
2016-07-05  1:25     ` Dave Young
2016-07-05  8:03       ` AKASHI Takahiro
2016-07-07  6:12         ` Dave Young
2016-07-08 14:48           ` Thiago Jung Bauermann
2016-07-11  3:10             ` Dave Young
2016-07-11  7:19             ` AKASHI Takahiro
2016-07-11  8:14               ` Dave Young

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