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From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date:   Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:58:54 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] of: fdt: Add generic support for parsing elf core
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Hi Nick,

On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 1:28 AM Nick Kossifidis <mick@ics.forth.gr> wrote:
>
> Στις 2021-06-15 21:17, Geert Uytterhoeven έγραψε:
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
>
> I believe drivers/of/kexec.c is better suited for this.

From an earlier response from me to a comment from Rob:

| > Also, note that there is now a drivers/of/kexec.c (in -next) though
| > not sure if all this would go there or stay in fdt.c with the rest of
| > the memory parsing.
|
| It's gonna be the latter, as that file handles the FDT during early
| kernel startup, for both normal and kdump kernels.
|
| Despite the name, drivers/of/kexec.c is not for kexec, but for
| kexec_file.  This is the "new" fancy syscall that prepares the DTB
| for the new kernel itself, unlike the classic kexec syscall, where
| userspace is responsible for preparing the DTB for the new kernel.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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