From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from kirsty.vergenet.net (kirsty.vergenet.net [202.4.237.240]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7ABF92C0084 for ; Fri, 20 Sep 2013 10:17:40 +1000 (EST) Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:00:37 -0700 From: Simon Horman To: Geert Uytterhoeven Subject: Re: Preliminary kexec support for Linux/m68k Message-ID: <20130919210037.GG2918@verge.net.au> References: <1379412095-7213-1-git-send-email-geert@linux-m68k.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , linux-m68k , Anton Blanchard , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 11:20:22AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven > wrote: > > This is a preliminary set of patches to add kexec support for m68k. > > > - [PATCH 1/3] m68k: Add preliminary kexec support > > - [PATCH 2/3] m68k: Add support to export bootinfo in procfs > > - [PATCH 3/3] [RFC] m68k: Add System RAM to /proc/iomem > > > > Notes: > > - The bootinfo is now saved and exported to /proc/bootinfo, so kexec-tools > > can read it and pass it (possibly after modification) to the new kernel. > > This is similar to /proc/atags on ARM. > > > - I based [PATCH 3/3] on the PowerPC version, but it's no longer needed as we > > now get this information from the bootinfo. > > Does anyone think this is nice to have anyway? > > It seems kexec/kdump on ppc don't use /proc/iomem anymore, and only rely on > /proc/device-tree these days? I think thats entirely a matter for the m68k kernel maintainers to decide. But my personal opinion is that it is nice not to add it if it isn't needed.