From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Sun, 06 Feb 2005 16:16:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from alg138.algor.co.uk ([IPv6:::ffff:62.254.210.138]:29380 "EHLO mail.linux-mips.net") by linux-mips.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 16:16:14 +0000 Received: from dea.linux-mips.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.linux-mips.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j16GBQR5016521; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 16:11:26 GMT Received: (from ralf@localhost) by dea.linux-mips.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j16GBQdi016520; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 16:11:26 GMT Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 16:11:26 +0000 From: Ralf Baechle To: Stanislaw Skowronek Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: patch like kexec for MIPS possible? Message-ID: <20050206161126.GA16351@linux-mips.org> References: <20050206155649.GA11452@linux-mips.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 7171 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 05:11:53PM +0100, Stanislaw Skowronek wrote: > > I guess only the big iron fraction among us will really be missing > > something like kexec - firmware reinitialization may take minutes on that > > calibre of system so being able to get around that would be a good thing. > > Well, a firmware reinitialization on my Octane (the old one) takes > minutes. Still, the kernel requires the hardware to be initalized by PROM > (just like on Origins, really) so kexec is of no help here. That's something that could be dealt with. On Origins I usually disable memory test which helps a little but still is slower than I'd like. For general hacking eval boards that need like a second to reset just rock :-) Ralf