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Subject: Re: [PATCH][4/6]Register snapshotting before kexec-boot
From: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com>
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On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 05:09, Hariprasad Nellitheertha wrote:
> Regards, Hari
> +       /* Now copy over the saved task pointers and the registers
> +        * to the end of the  reserved area
> +        */
> +       dest_addr = (void *)(__va(CRASH_BACKUP_BASE + CRASH_BACKUP_SIZE));

Why the cast?  Isn't __va() already returning a void*?

-- Dave