"Ming Lei" <mlei at Brocade.COM> writes: > As I understand the code, current destination address is picked up by > either the user(elf image) or kexec-tools. It is not automatic, can we > let linux kernel choose the address instead? It is automatic and no way > to wipe out something important. I don't follow. The basic model of kexec is: - kexec is fed a standalone executables (things that run without OS support) - All of the policy decisions are made in user space (such as where to execute from) - standalone executables are loaded into an address space where physical address and virtual address are the same. - Sophisticated page swapping happens in the kernel where sys_kexec_load was called so that any valid address on the machine is available to the standalone executable. What problem do you see in that model? Why is it a problem for you? Eric
