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SubjectRe: [Fastboot] [PATCH 03/03] kexec: Avoid overwriting the current pgd (V2, x86_64)
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"Magnus Damm" <magnus.damm@gmail.com> writes:

> On 5/26/06, Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@suse.de> wrote:
>> > 1a. The C-code in xen_machine_kexec() performs a hypercall.
>> >
>> > 1b. The hypervisor jumps to the assembly code.
>> > After prepare we've created a NX-safe mapping for the control page. We
>> > jump to that NX-safe address to transfer control to the assembly code.
>>
>> This is about kexec'ing the physical machine, not the virtual machine,
>> right?
>
> Correct, kexec:ing from dom0.

And staying in dom0? Or does Xen go away?

Eric
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