Matthew, I will start exploring kumar's powerpc tree. Please bare with me, because i am going to post more doubts regarding this... On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Simon Horman <horms at verge.net.au> wrote: > 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. > Yes..., I would like explore more on this topic. > > 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. > > Currently, i am working only for powerpc processors. > > > 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 :-) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/attachments/20100726/5e48d2c0/attachment.html>
