Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > As much as I like kexec, it loses on memory footprint by about 100x. > It's not appropriate for all use cases, especially things like > consumer-grade wireless access points and phones. In general I agree. The cost of a second kernel and initrd can be prohibitive in the smallest systems, and if you do a crash capture with using a standalone app that is reinventing the wheel. That said. I can happily run kdump with only 16M-20M reserved. So on many systems the cost is affordable. Eric -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-embedded" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
