On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 06:26:21PM +0530, Mohan Kumar M wrote: > Relocatable kdump kernel support in kexec-tools > > This patch adds relocatable kernel support for kdump in the kexec-tools > code. A signature (0xfeed1234) is passed in r6 from panic code to the > purgatory code through kexec_sequence function. The signature is used to > differentiate between relocatable kdump kernel and non-kdump kernels. > > The purgatory code compares the signature and sets the __kdump_flag in > head_64.S by using the offset with respect to next kernel load address. > During the boot up, kernel code checks __kdump_flag and if it is set, the > kernel will behave as relocatable kdump kernel. Thanks Mohan, applied. -- Simon Horman VA Linux Systems Japan K.K., Sydney, Australia Satellite Office H: www.vergenet.net/~horms/ W: www.valinux.co.jp/en
