On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 02:25:13PM -0500, Matthew McClintock wrote: > On Fri, 2010-07-23 at 15:34 +0530, krish wrote: > > Hello Matthew, > > > > Now, i am able to execute kexec successfully on mpc83xx platforms. > > Thanks for your support. > > > > But, My requirement is as follows: > > The kexec always loads kernel and dtb images in to memory and starts > > the new kernel loaded. But, I want to start the same kernel every > > time. > > You mean you don't want to load a new kernel you just want to reboot the > current kernel in place? I don't think that is possible nor an small > task. That would be a new feature for kexec, not just a fix for powerpc. And I also suspect it would be difficult to achieve. Certainly more difficult than having the image lying around and giving that to kexec. > > I am not sure whether i can post this message to kexec-mailing list, > > If required i will add kexec-mailing list in CC. > > Generally, it's always best to post to the list as it will get you the > most responses. Yes :-)
