Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 13:03:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 13:03:32 -0500 Received: from to-velocet.redhat.com ([216.138.202.10]:51441 "EHLO touchme.toronto.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 5 Nov 2002 13:03:30 -0500 Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 13:10:05 -0500 From: Benjamin LaHaise To: Werner Almesberger Cc: Rusty Russell , torvalds@transmeta.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ebiederm@xmission.com Subject: Re: kexec (was: Re: What's left over.) Message-ID: <20021105131005.E3078@redhat.com> References: <20021031020836.E576E2C09F@lists.samba.org> <20021105142943.I1407@almesberger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20021105142943.I1407@almesberger.net>; from wa@almesberger.net on Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 02:29:43PM -0300 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 821 Lines: 18 On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 02:29:43PM -0300, Werner Almesberger wrote: > I view kexec as an "enabler", much like initrd, which had to be > part of the kernel for a while before people started to figure out > how to use it. (At this year's OLS, somebody told me they just > "discovered" initrd and are now using it. Oh well, it's only been > around for six years ;-) kexec is also a great enabled for a non-intrusive kernel dump facility done correctly by booting into a new kernel image (which avoids the whole difficulty on x86 with BIOSes wiping out RAM at reboot). -ben - 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/