Messages in this thread | | | From | (Eric W. Biederman) | Subject | Re: [patches] [PATCH] [21/22] x86_64: Extend bzImage protocol for relocatable bzImage | Date | Tue, 08 May 2007 11:18:27 -0600 |
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yhlu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com> writes:
> Eric, > > With the latest change that make vmlinux to be elf64 and make bzImage > do switch to 64bit long mode, the kernel started via kexec can not get > VGA console. but the serial console works well. I wonder if the > setup.S is skipped in bzImage via kexec path.
Yes. setup.S has always been skipped by bzImage via the kexec path unless you explicitly tell /sbin/kexec to use the 16bit entry point.
Is not having a VGA console a new thing, or it something you just noticed?
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