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Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 11:06:27 -0800
From: "Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@aracnet.com>
To: Werner Almesberger <wa@almesberger.net>,
       Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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Subject: Re: kexec (was: Re: What's left over.)
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> By the way, let's not forget Eric Biederman's kexec. While not
> perfect, it's definitely usable, and looks good enough for
> inclusion as an experimental feature.

Another me too for this feature. I really want to be able to use this
on the large NUMA boxes - it takes me 5 minutes to do a full reboot
cycle, and I can't even do an init 6 due to some firmware complications,
I have to do init 0, power off, power on, boot, etc. Whilst I have
a remote power interface, it's still a pain in the butt.
kexec would be Nirvana ;-) 

M.

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