Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 04:15:56PM -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote: > >> at the same time we should export setup_data into /sys, so kexec could >> append this pointer to command of >> second kernel, just like kexec append acpi_rsdp. >> That should address DavidW's concern. > > Why should the kernel export data to userspace just so that that data > can be passed back into the kernel? Because it is useful for more than just kexec and because that is the current architecture. Eric -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
