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* kexec on ppc64
@ 2010-09-07 18:34 Matthew McClintock
  2010-09-07 23:49 ` Michael Neuling
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Matthew McClintock @ 2010-09-07 18:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: kexec; +Cc: linuxppc-dev

All,

I'm trying to determine how kexec'ing works on 64 bit powerpc. When =
allocating a region for the kexec'ed kernel is it ever the same as the =
currently running kernel or do you always boot the kexec'ed kernel from =
a different memory region? I understand that a crash kernel will be in a =
different region, however I was hoping to confirm the behavior for a =
normal "kexec -e".

Thanks,
Matthew=

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* Re: kexec on ppc64
  2010-09-07 18:34 kexec on ppc64 Matthew McClintock
@ 2010-09-07 23:49 ` Michael Neuling
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Michael Neuling @ 2010-09-07 23:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Matthew McClintock; +Cc: linuxppc-dev, kexec

> I'm trying to determine how kexec'ing works on 64 bit powerpc. When
> allocating a region for the kexec'ed kernel is it ever the same as the
> currently running kernel or do you always boot the kexec'ed kernel
> from a different memory region? I understand that a crash kernel will
> be in a different region, however I was hoping to confirm the behavior
> for a normal "kexec -e".

The kernel will be loaded at a non zero address, but it will copy itself
to zero before it starts running.

Mikey

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