Re: [ANNOUNCE] kexec-tools v2.0.27 preparation

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On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 11:19:07AM +0800, Coiby Xu wrote:
> Hi Sourabh,
> 
> On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 08:17:34AM +0530, Sourabh Jain wrote:
> > Hello Simon,
> > 
> > Can we include below fix?
> > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/kexec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/thread/O3W4SLVVFT6J25U5YSXNZ3URZ4QY6SRU/
> 
> I'll review your patch! Note the patch is against Fedora's kexec-tools
> so it doesn't apply to this upstream kexec-tools. The relationship
> between Fedora's kexec-tools and this upstream kexec-tools can be
> described as follows,
> 1. Fedora's kexec-tools packages the kexec binary which is provides by upstream
> kexec-tools; 2. The kexec binary is used for loading the kdump kernel and
> initrd but
> it's not responsible for building the kdump initrd. Fedora's kexec-tools
> is used to build the kdump initrd instead.
> 
> Currrently it's WIP to split current Fedora kexec-tools into
> kexec-tools, kdump-utils, makedumpfile and eppic. Hopefully after it's
> done, you and other uses will no longer be confused by the relationship
> between Fedora's kexec-tools and this upstream kexec-tools.

Thanks for the clarification, I'm assuming no action is needed on my part
at this time. Let me know if I am mistaken.

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