On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert at linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> This is a preliminary set of patches to add kexec support for m68k.
> - [PATCH 1/3] m68k: Add preliminary kexec support
> - [PATCH 2/3] m68k: Add support to export bootinfo in procfs
> - [PATCH 3/3] [RFC] m68k: Add System RAM to /proc/iomem
>
> Notes:
> - The bootinfo is now saved and exported to /proc/bootinfo, so kexec-tools
> can read it and pass it (possibly after modification) to the new kernel.
> This is similar to /proc/atags on ARM.
> - I based [PATCH 3/3] on the PowerPC version, but it's no longer needed as we
> now get this information from the bootinfo.
> Does anyone think this is nice to have anyway?
It seems kexec/kdump on ppc don't use /proc/iomem anymore, and only rely on
/proc/device-tree these days?
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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