Hi Geoff, On 01/15/16 at 07:18pm, Geoff Levand wrote: > This series adds the core support for kexec re-boot and kdump on > ARM64.This version of the series combines Takahiro's kdump patches > with my kexec patches. Please consider all patches for inclusion. > > I just tested all the endian combinations of kexec LE->LE, LE->BE, > BE->BE, BE->LE, and both LE an BE kdump, and all work as expected. > > To load a second stage kernel and execute a kexec re-boot or to work > with kdump on ARM64 systems a series of patches to kexec-tools [2], > which have not yet been merged upstream, are needed. > > To examine vmcore (/proc/vmcore), you should use - gdb v7.7 or later > - crash v7.1.1 or later > > [1] > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/geoff/linux-kexec.git > [2] > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/geoff/kexec-tools.git > We have been using the kexec/kdump patches on ARM64 and would like to use them from upstream. Assuming these are not going to be in Linux-4.5, a rebased set on Linux-4.5 would be very useful. Thank you for your work. -- Thanks, Azriel Samson Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project
