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From: Borislav Petkov <bp-Gina5bIWoIWzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 28/32] x86/mm, kexec: Allow kexec to be used with SME
Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 12:01:00 +0200
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On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 12:46:14PM -0500, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> This is an area that I'm not familiar with, so I don't completely
> understand the flow in regards to where/when/how the ELF headers are
> copied and what needs to be done.

So my suggestion is still to put kexec/kdump on the backburner for now
and concentrate on the 30-ish patchset first. Once they're done, we can
start dealing with it. Ditto with the IOMMU side of things. One thing at
a time.

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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