2002-01-22 22:41:32

by Andy Pfiffer

Subject: In Search Of: Old Module: "Two Kernel Monte"

I'm looking for some old code from March 2000 mentioned in the "Linux
loading Linux" thread from the LKML:

http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0003.2/1339.html

Briefly, the module would load a new kernel image, ramdisk, command line
etc. by trying to put the system back into a post-firmware state and
launch the kernel. It apparently lacked support for SMP systems.

The original link to the code is now a dead-end:

http://www.scyld.com/software/monte.html

and the original author is unreachable by the address listed.

If you've got a copy of the code stashed somewhere, or if you know of
more recent work in this area, I would appreciate a pointer.

Thanks,
Andy Pfiffer
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2002-01-22 22:49:02

by Mircea Ciocan

Subject: Re: In Search Of: Old Module: "Two Kernel Monte"

http://www.scyld.com/products/beowulf/software/monte.html

google, man best friend :)

Mircea C.

Andy Pfiffer wrote:
>
> I'm looking for some old code from March 2000 mentioned in the "Linux
> loading Linux" thread from the LKML:
>
> http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0003.2/1339.html
>
> Briefly, the module would load a new kernel image, ramdisk, command line
> etc. by trying to put the system back into a post-firmware state and
> launch the kernel. It apparently lacked support for SMP systems.
>
> The original link to the code is now a dead-end:
>
> http://www.scyld.com/software/monte.html
>
> and the original author is unreachable by the address listed.
>
> If you've got a copy of the code stashed somewhere, or if you know of
> more recent work in this area, I would appreciate a pointer.

2002-01-22 22:55:52

by Christoph Hellwig

Subject: Re: In Search Of: Old Module: "Two Kernel Monte"

In article <1011739306.11541.30.camel@andyp> you wrote:
> Briefly, the module would load a new kernel image, ramdisk, command line
> etc. by trying to put the system back into a post-firmware state and
> launch the kernel. It apparently lacked support for SMP systems.
>
> The original link to the code is now a dead-end:
>
> http://www.scyld.com/software/monte.html
>
> and the original author is unreachable by the address listed.
>
> If you've got a copy of the code stashed somewhere, or if you know of
> more recent work in this area, I would appreciate a pointer.

I've put an SRPM of a slightly hacked version on:

ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hch/misc/monte-0.4.0-2.src.rpm

2002-01-22 23:08:54

by Jeremy Brown

Subject: Re: In Search Of: Old Module: "Two Kernel Monte"

On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 02:41:46PM -0800, Andy Pfiffer wrote:
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> If you've got a copy of the code stashed somewhere, or if you know of
> more recent work in this area, I would appreciate a pointer.
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I just asked Erik about this, and he gave me two pointers to places
where monte is under development:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/monte
* Somewhat old, and CVS-only, but works with 2.4.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/bproc
* Look in the beoboot lanl.1.1 package.

Jeremy Brown