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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
To: Cliff Wickman <cpw@sgi.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu, hpa@zytor.com,
	tglx@linutronix.de, rja@sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] x86: UV kdump reboot fix
Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2011 16:47:37 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45253.1301777257@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:32:02 CDT." <E1Q5Iuo-00013b-UK@eag09.americas.sgi.com>

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On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:32:02 CDT, Cliff Wickman said:
> From: Cliff Wickman <cpw@sgi.com>
> 
> After a crash dump on an SGI Altix UV system the crash kernel fails to
> cause a reboot.  EFI mode is disabled in the kdump kernel, so only the
> reboot_type of BOOT_ACPI works.

> +	/*
> +	 * for a kdump kernel the reset must be BOOT_ACPI, not BOOT_EFI, as
> +	 * EFI is not enabled in the kdump kernel.
> +	 */
> +	if (is_kdump_kernel())
> +		reboot_type = BOOT_ACPI;
>  }

What happens if some bozo builds their own kdump kernel that has EFI enabled?

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-04-02 20:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-31 14:32 [PATCH v3] x86: UV kdump reboot fix Cliff Wickman
2011-03-31 15:57 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-03-31 20:06 ` [tip:x86/urgent] x86, UV: Fix kdump reboot tip-bot for Cliff Wickman
2011-04-02 20:47 ` Valdis.Kletnieks [this message]
2011-04-03  0:01   ` [PATCH v3] x86: UV kdump reboot fix Russ Anderson

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