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* [PATCH 0/15] bootwrapper: support for kexec to zImage
@ 2007-07-10 22:07 Milton Miller
  2007-07-10 22:07 ` [PATCH 1/15] boot: find initrd location from device-tree Milton Miller
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  0 siblings, 15 replies; 27+ messages in thread
From: Milton Miller @ 2007-07-10 22:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linuxppc-dev; +Cc: Paul Mackerras, David Gibson

This series creates a 32 bit zImage wrapper for a 32 or 64 bit PowerPC
Linux kernel.   This allows you to kexec a zImage with its compressed
vmlinux instead of the uncompressed vmlinux elf.  The elf is also
packaged as a 64 bit elf for use by kexec-tools for 64 bit kernels.

This series also adds code to extract the vmlinux elf file from an
initramfs (or other platform supplied location).  This allows one
to load the elf once (compressed) and use it both for userspace and
for the actual boot.

milton

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* [PATCH 0/15] bootwrapper: kexec and external payloads
@ 2007-09-21 23:02 Milton Miller
  2007-09-21 23:03 ` [PATCH 2/15] boot: record header bytes in gunzip_start Milton Miller
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 27+ messages in thread
From: Milton Miller @ 2007-09-21 23:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linuxppc-dev; +Cc: Paul Mackerras, Rob Landley, David Gibson

The following series of 15 patches implement 

	support for 64-bit powerpc zImage to be loaded by kexec-tools
		the wrapper uses the same startup interface as the kernel

	support for obtaining the kernel externally to the zImage link
		including via searching for a path string in initramfs

This is the third round of posting for most of the patches, which
have been rebased to apply to for-2.6.24, and I ask they be considered
for inclusion therein.

I have ordered the series to apply needed functionality to get
usable code for similar enviornments before fleshing out the feature
set I am using.  If desired I can reorder and rediff as requested.
(for example, adding the smp hook could go with the smp marshalling
support).  The last patch is only needed for the qemu pathes below.

Following the series are an additonal 2 patches to provide experimental
platform support for running under qemu with its exiting powerpc
prep emulation.  One patch provides the support necessary to build
the kernel, the second patch provides the wrapper changes and device
tree to boot, including bulding a "rom" image.  Once the rom is
built, it can start a vmlinux elf when loaded into memory by qemu.

Thanks for your consideration,
milton

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2007-07-10 22:07 [PATCH 0/15] bootwrapper: support for kexec to zImage Milton Miller
2007-07-10 22:07 ` [PATCH 1/15] boot: find initrd location from device-tree Milton Miller
2007-07-19  2:10   ` David Gibson
2007-07-10 22:08 ` [PATCH 2/15] boot: record header bytes in gunzip_start Milton Miller
2007-07-19  2:11   ` David Gibson
2007-07-19  4:46     ` Milton Miller
2007-07-10 22:08 ` [PATCH 3/15] boot: simplfy gunzip_finish Milton Miller
2007-07-19  2:39   ` David Gibson
2007-07-19  4:01     ` Milton Miller
2007-07-19  4:31       ` David Gibson
2007-07-10 22:08 ` [PATCH 4/15] bootwrapper: smp support code Milton Miller
2007-07-10 22:09 ` [PATCH 5/15] bootwrapper: occupied memory ranges Milton Miller
2007-07-10 22:09 ` [PATCH 6/15] bootwrapper: switch 64 bit cpus to 32 bit mode Milton Miller
2007-07-10 22:57   ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-07-10 22:10 ` [PATCH 7/15] bootwrapper: Add kexec callable zImage wrapper Milton Miller
2007-07-10 23:16   ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-07-10 22:10 ` [PATCH 8/15] bootwrapper: convert flatdevtree to version 16 Milton Miller
2007-07-10 22:11 ` [PATCH 9/15] bootwrapper: rtas support Milton Miller
2007-07-10 22:11 ` [PATCH 10/15] bootwrapper: add cpio file extraction library Milton Miller
2007-07-10 22:12 ` [PATCH 11/15] bootwrapper: allow vmlinuz to be an external payload Milton Miller
2007-07-10 23:11   ` Segher Boessenkool
2007-07-10 22:12 ` [PATCH 12/15] bootwrapper: extract the vmlinux from initramfs Milton Miller
2007-07-10 22:12 ` [PATCH 13/15] bootwrapper: attach an empty vmlinux Milton Miller
2007-07-10 22:12 ` [PATCH 14/15] boot: add a hook to start cpus Milton Miller
2007-07-10 22:12 ` [PATCH/EXAMPLE 15/15] bootwrapper: example sreset marshalling Milton Miller
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2007-09-21 23:02 [PATCH 0/15] bootwrapper: kexec and external payloads Milton Miller
2007-09-21 23:03 ` [PATCH 2/15] boot: record header bytes in gunzip_start Milton Miller
2007-09-24  2:59   ` David Gibson

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