RE: [Patch]IA64 kexec

Zou, Nanhai
2005-11-08T01:37:29Z

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-ia64-owner@vger.kernel.org
> [mailto:linux-ia64-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Zou Nan hai
> Sent: 2005Äê11ÔÂ8ÈÕ 7:28
> To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: khalid_aziz@hp.com
> Subject: [Patch]IA64 kexec
>
> Here is my patches of kexec on IA64.
>
> The kernel patch is against 2.6.14
> The kexec-tools patch is against kexec-tools-1.101
>
> I have tested it on a Tiger-4 and a ZX1 machine.
>
> Please test and review it.
>
> Thanks.
> Zou Nan hai
>

To try the patches,
You may download kexec-tools
From http://www.xmission.com/~ebiederm/files/kexec/kexec-tools-1.101.tar.gz
Then patch the kexec-tools and install it.
Run
kexec -l vmlinuz --initrd=initrd --append="root=...";
kexec -e to see the second kernel booting.

Thanks
Zou Nan hai