This patch series tries to bring the support for MIPS up to date and make it more generic (fix little-endian support, simplify code for 32/64 bit handling), as well as to clean up some existing incorrect code (patches 1-4). Patches 5 & 6 add new functionality - passing external DTBs and initrd, especially the DTB support is required for platforms that use a recently introduced generic kernel infrastructure. Note that patch 5 (and 6, as it depends on patch 5) require changes in the kernel that are currently pending review: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/14615/ Core dump support is currently broken on all MIPS kernels and is also pending review: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/14587/ https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/14586/ Patches 1-4 can be safely added without waiting for kernel patches to be merged, but patches 5-6 should be held until the kernel patches are accepted in case changes are requested. Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Marcin Nowakowski (6): mips: remove incorrect arch_usage string mips: use arch_options for both 32 and 64 bit variants mips: move arch option parsing from elf loader to common arch code mips: crashdump: add little-endian support mips: add dtb loading support mips: add option to load initrd from a specified file kexec/arch/mips/Makefile | 13 +++++ kexec/arch/mips/crashdump-mips.c | 22 +++++--- kexec/arch/mips/include/arch/options.h | 11 ++-- kexec/arch/mips/kexec-elf-mips.c | 96 +++++++++++++++++++--------------- kexec/arch/mips/kexec-mips.c | 46 +++++++++++++--- kexec/arch/mips/kexec-mips.h | 13 ++++- 6 files changed, 142 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-) -- 2.7.4