A patch set for kexec for 2.5.72 is now available. This patch set is
based upon the stable 2.5.{67,68,69,70,71} versions.
This patch was tested to work (not counting a VESA framebuffer
initialization problem after kexec-ing a new kernel) on a dual-proc
P4-1.7GHz Xeon system.
More info here:
http://www.osdl.org/archive/andyp/bloom/Code/Linux/Kexec/index.html
Unified full kexec patch for 2.5.72 is here:
http://www.osdl.org/archive/andyp/kexec/2.5.72/kexec2-2.5.72-full.patch
Not that anyone cares, but a unified full patch for 2.5.71 is here:
http://www.osdl.org/archive/andyp/kexec/2.5.71/kexec2-2.5.71-full.patch
Unstable 2.5.69 kexec patches from Eric Biederman are available here:
http://www.xmission.com/~ebiederm/files/kexec/
A patch for kexec in 2.5.72-mm1 is now available. This patch is based
upon the stable 2.5.72 version.
This patch has been lightly tested to work on a dual-proc P4-1.7GHz Xeon
system. If you try it, and you use the VESA framebuffer, expect
darkness on your screen during the reboot. ;^)
More info here:
http://www.osdl.org/archive/andyp/bloom/Code/Linux/Kexec/index.html
The patch:
http://www.osdl.org/archive/andyp/kexec/2.5.72-mm1/kexec2-2.5.72-mm1-full.patch
Source for the matching user-mode tool:
http://www.osdl.org/archive/andyp/kexec/2.5.72-mm1/kexec-tools-1.8-2.5.72-mm1.tgz