Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:54:45 +0000 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [linux-pm] Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/2 -mm] kexec based hibernation -v3: kexec jump |
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Hi!
> > That's certainly possible. We already pass a very small amount of data between > > the boot and resuming kernels at the moment, and it's done quite simply - by > > putting the variables we want to 'transfer' in a nosave page/section. > > Well, if the boot and image kernels are different, which is now possible on > x86_64 with some recent patches (currently in -mm), the nosave trick won't > work.
I guess we should remove the nosave.... at least from x86-64. If someone tries to use it, he'll get a nasty surprise.
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