Re: [Fastboot] Re: Announce: dumpfs v0.01 - common RAS output API

Gerrit Huizenga
2004-07-30T12:41:36Z

On 29 Jul 2004 18:04:06 MDT, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Gerrit Huizenga <gh@us.ibm.com> writes:
> >
> > Okay, I may be confused a bit but I *thought* kexec was going to
> > load the thin, new kernel (e.g. read from disk operations, which is
> > better than write to disk operations from the sick kernel).
>
> /sbin/kexec will load it with sys_kexec_load, before the kernel becomes
> sick.
>

...

> > That sounds simpler than changing the kernel load process around,
> > ensuring you have the new kexec'd kernel build and loaded, etc.
> > At least it sounds simpler and more in line with using kexec for
> > fastboot as well.
>
> The only process that is going to be changed around is where
> we store the kernel before we transfer control to it, and when/and
> how that transfer of control happens.

This is what I had missed - the seperation of load and exec.

Thanks, Eric!

gerrit