Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 03:37:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 03:37:41 -0500 Received: from dillweed.dsl.xmission.com ([166.70.14.212]:31314 "HELO winder.codepoet.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 03:37:30 -0500 Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 01:13:32 -0700 From: Erik Andersen To: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Q: Linux rebooting directly into linux. Message-ID: <20001114011331.B1496@codepoet.org> Reply-To: andersen@codepoet.org Mail-Followup-To: "Eric W. Biederman" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from ebiederm@xmission.com on Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 01:18:24AM -0700 X-Operating-System: Linux 2.2.17, Rebel-NetWinder(Intel sa110 rev 3), 262.14 BogoMips X-No-Junk-Mail: I do not want to get *any* junk mail. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu Nov 09, 2000 at 01:18:24AM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > I have recently developed a patch that allows linux to directly boot > into another linux kernel. Looks very cool. I'm curious about your decision to use ELF images. This makes it much less conveinient to use due to the kernel postprocessing, and makes it that the kernel binary from which you initially boot is not necessirily the same as the binary that you re-boot into. Wouldn't it be more reasonable to simply try to exec whatever file is provided? If the concern is initrds; they can be simply pasted into the kernel binary. -Erik -- Erik B. Andersen email: andersee@debian.org --This message was written using 73% post-consumer electrons-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/