On 01/24/2013 09:07 AM, Vivek Goyal wrote: >> >> Is there a kernel/kexec-tools patch to address this problem in kernel 3.x >> yet? Also, according to Takashi Iwa wrote, "the problem does not happen >> always. However, once this happens, it continues to happen" :-( >> Yes, yes, it drove me completely crazy trying to figure out how to get the >> system out of this trapped state! Please help! > > I thought Yinghai Lu worked on some patches to make 512MB reservation > working again. Not sure where these patches are queued and when are > they scheduled to be pushed into linus tree. > > hpa, yinghai should know more. > Yes, I am working through what I'm *hoping* will be the final version now. If all goes well, they will probably be in -tip late tomorrow and pushed into the 3.9 kernel. If all *doesn't* go well, it depends on what the hangups are. -hpa