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To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: kexec for 2.5.44 (Who do I send this to?)
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Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:

> I will start picking stuff up now I'm back and catching up on email
> (I've been away for a week). I'm not however interested in kexec or ltt
> or a lot of the other large stuff so don't bother resending me that kind
> of thing.
> 
> I really want to collect up bug fixes/compile fixes/driver updates and
> small but ready to merge stuff like the console updates if James Simmons
> is paying attention.

I am half insulted.  kexec is about as ready to merge as it comes...
But I do admit the code to safely position the new kernel safely in
memory safely is a little large.  

And there is not a lot of point in widespread testing of kexec until
the drivers get fixed to actually do something when device_shutdown
runs.  As drivers that don't shutdown properly are a fairly serious
issue. 

If you are interested I can break out my reboot time hardware bug
fixes, and send you those.

Eric
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