On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 05:11:53PM +0100, Stanislaw Skowronek wrote: > > I guess only the big iron fraction among us will really be missing > > something like kexec - firmware reinitialization may take minutes on that > > calibre of system so being able to get around that would be a good thing. > > Well, a firmware reinitialization on my Octane (the old one) takes > minutes. Still, the kernel requires the hardware to be initalized by PROM > (just like on Origins, really) so kexec is of no help here. That's something that could be dealt with. On Origins I usually disable memory test which helps a little but still is slower than I'd like. For general hacking eval boards that need like a second to reset just rock :-) Ralf
