Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Tue, 04 Apr 2006 10:22:31 -0700 | From | Zachary Amsden <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.17-rc1-mm1: KEXEC became SMP-only |
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Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 01:45:04AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > >> ... >> Changes since 2.6.16-mm2: >> ... >> +x86-clean-up-subarch-definitions.patch >> ... >> x86 updates. >> ... >> > > The following looks bogus: > > config KEXEC > bool "kexec system call (EXPERIMENTAL)" > - depends on EXPERIMENTAL > + depends on EXPERIMENTAL && (!X86_VOYAGER && SMP) > > The dependencies do now say that KEXEC is only offered for machines that > are _both_ non-Voyager and SMP. > > Is the problem you wanted to express that a non-SMP Voyager config > didn't compile? >
Whoops, that should be
depends on EXPERIMENTAL && !(X86_VOYAGER && SMP)
Voyager SMP builds don't compile with kexec(), and it isn't clear how to shootdown CPUs using NMIs without an APIC. Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
Index: linux-2.6.16.1/arch/i386/Kconfig =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.16.1.orig/arch/i386/Kconfig 2006-04-03 12:37:11.000000000 -0700 +++ linux-2.6.16.1/arch/i386/Kconfig 2006-04-04 10:18:25.000000000 -0700 @@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ source kernel/Kconfig.hz config KEXEC bool "kexec system call (EXPERIMENTAL)" - depends on EXPERIMENTAL && (!X86_VOYAGER && SMP) + depends on EXPERIMENTAL && !(X86_VOYAGER && SMP) help kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot | |