From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 15:29:38 +1000 From: David Gibson To: Milton Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/15] bootwrapper: convert flatdevtree to version 16 Message-ID: <20071003052938.GC18978@localhost.localdomain> References: <20070924033612.GI8058@localhost.localdomain> <5e71423247aef068d82b84166102fd7d@bga.com> <20070925034616.GB2525@localhost.localdomain> <69f1ad37eec293a4c4616d04c8400ca4@bga.com> <20070927024535.GC14030@localhost.localdomain> <41180fced14196db80f261d2ac1909e0@bga.com> <20070928024052.GA18840@localhost.localdomain> <61d44782a59ff62300416fbed26236f0@bga.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <61d44782a59ff62300416fbed26236f0@bga.com> Cc: ppcdev List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 10:16:51AM -0500, Milton Miller wrote: [snip] > Actually, there is another approach: put this converter in kexec's > purgatory or even the kexec program. It can then run conditionally > under command line flags to keep compatibility with the old kernels. > If and when its is decided to only support >=v16 in kexec-tools it can > be removed and we don't have this interim support code in the kernel > forever (I'll handle my other usage out of tree). Hurrah! Well, please do that then. -- David Gibson | I'll have my music baroque, and my code david AT gibson.dropbear.id.au | minimalist, thank you. NOT _the_ _other_ | _way_ _around_! http://www.ozlabs.org/~dgibson