On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 11:20:22AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > 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? I think thats entirely a matter for the m68k kernel maintainers to decide. But my personal opinion is that it is nice not to add it if it isn't needed.
