Robin Holt wrote: > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 09:33:46AM +0900, Hidetoshi Seto wrote: >> Robin Holt wrote: > ... >> Do you mean that the 2nd kernel should be able to handle MCA/INIT from its >> boot up? I guess the word PROM is nearly equal to PAL/SAL firmware, if so >> then I don't think there are good generic interface/procedure could be >> useful here. Do you have any concrete idea? > > No concrete ideas. Just a really uneasy feeling whenever the INIT > is disabled. Don't worry, don't be afraid. Again, my patches don't disable INIT until kdump is invoked. (And if kdump is invoked via INIT, it have already masked at the begging of INIT handlers.) > If you could give this some consideration, I would appreciate it. > I really don't have the time to dedicate to thinking all the way through > and therefore will not stand in the way of any patch you propose. > If I can be of help in any way, please let me know. I know you guys are busy with this and that... It would be the best if you could test my patches soon on SGI servers, but I would appreciate it too if you could let me know if you have any trouble on the patches later. Thanks, H.Seto
