Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753689Ab3ISXwS (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:52:18 -0400 Received: from kirsty.vergenet.net ([202.4.237.240]:35445 "EHLO kirsty.vergenet.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752696Ab3ISXwQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:52:16 -0400 Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:00:37 -0700 From: Simon Horman To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Anton Blanchard , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , "linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" , linux-m68k , kexec@lists.infradead.org, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Preliminary kexec support for Linux/m68k Message-ID: <20130919210037.GG2918@verge.net.au> References: <1379412095-7213-1-git-send-email-geert@linux-m68k.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organisation: Horms Solutions Ltd. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1344 Lines: 28 On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 11:20:22AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven > wrote: > > This is a preliminary set of patches to add kexec support for m68k. > > > - [PATCH 1/3] m68k: Add preliminary kexec support > > - [PATCH 2/3] m68k: Add support to export bootinfo in procfs > > - [PATCH 3/3] [RFC] m68k: Add System RAM to /proc/iomem > > > > Notes: > > - The bootinfo is now saved and exported to /proc/bootinfo, so kexec-tools > > can read it and pass it (possibly after modification) to the new kernel. > > This is similar to /proc/atags on ARM. > > > - I based [PATCH 3/3] on the PowerPC version, but it's no longer needed as we > > now get this information from the bootinfo. > > Does anyone think this is nice to have anyway? > > It seems kexec/kdump on ppc don't use /proc/iomem anymore, and only rely on > /proc/device-tree these days? I think thats entirely a matter for the m68k kernel maintainers to decide. But my personal opinion is that it is nice not to add it if it isn't needed. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/