From: "=?utf-8?q?S=2E=C3=87a=C4=9Flar?= Onur" <caglar@pardus.org.tr>
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Subject: [2.6.22-rc4] kexec failed: invalid argument
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:09:41 +0300
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Hi;

With current Linus's git tree + current kexec-tools-testing [1] (also with=
=20
kexec-tools-1.101) tree "kexec -e" call on reboot failed with following;

kexec failed: invalid argument

kexec document says its users responsibility to close running softwares,=20
mounting disks in read only mode etc. and it suggest calling "kexec -e" jus=
t=20
before the "reboot" call and talks about future merge with sysvinit's reboo=
t=20
and kexec, and when i did it, it will not starts new kernel and instead gav=
es=20
that error.

But more supringuisly if i try to execute "kexec -e" directly (in init3 wit=
h=20
rw disks and lots of running software) it will starts new kernel without a=
=20
problem.=20

=46or reference im using following kexec line for loading the kernel
kexec -l /boot/kernel-2.6.22-rc4-CFS-v16 --append=3D"root=3D/dev/sda3" --in=
itrd=3D/boot/initramfs-2.6.22-rc4-CFS-v16

I'm not sure this is a regression or my(maybe me or kexec document misses s=
ome=20
point) mistake cause this is my first attempt to use kexec, but i want to=20
report the situation :)

 [1]=20
http://git.kernel.org/?p=3Dlinux/kernel/git/horms/kexec-tools-testing.git;a=
=3Dsummary

Cheers
=2D-=20
S.=C3=87a=C4=9Flar Onur <caglar@pardus.org.tr>
http://cekirdek.pardus.org.tr/~caglar/

Linux is like living in a teepee. No Windows, no Gates and an Apache in hou=
se!

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