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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 01/21] kexec: consolidate kexec and crash options into
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On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 01:27:53PM -0400, Eric DeVolder wrote:
...
> +config KEXEC_FILE
> +	bool "Enable kexec file based system call"
> +	depends on ARCH_HAS_KEXEC_FILE
> +	select KEXEC_CORE
> +	help
> +	  This is new version of kexec system call. This system call is
> +	  file based and takes file descriptors as system call argument
> +	  for kernel and initramfs as opposed to list of segments as
> +	  accepted by previous system call.

Which "previous"? I guess, "by kexec system call" would sound clear.

Thanks!