[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 00/11] xen: Initial kexec/kdump implementation

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>>> On 02.01.13 at 12:26, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3 at citrix.com> wrote:
> On 27/12/12 18:02, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> It probably make sense to split them apart a little even.
> 
> Thinking about this split, there might be a way to simply it even more.
> 
> /sbin/kexec can load the "Xen" crash kernel itself by issuing hypercalls 
> using /dev/xen/privcmd.  This would remove the need for the dom0 kernel 
> to distinguish between loading a crash kernel for itself and loading a 
> kernel for Xen.
> 
> Or is this just a silly idea complicating the matter?

I don't think so (and suggested that before as a response to an
earlier submission of this patch set), and it would make most of
the discussion here mute.

Jan




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