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Diego Calleja wrote:
> Isn't this what kdump does right now? http://lwn.net/Articles/108595/
>   

Yep, very similar to "kdump". But, kdump is too simple. Backup kernel is 
just so minimal and only to handle crash dump thing. With "Failover 
kernel", I'm talking about fully functional backup kernel like primary 
one. Not just too minimally functioning crash dump kernel.