| Date | Tue, 5 Nov 2002 13:10:05 -0500 | From | Benjamin LaHaise <> | Subject | Re: kexec (was: Re: What's left over.) |
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On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 02:29:43PM -0300, Werner Almesberger wrote: > I view kexec as an "enabler", much like initrd, which had to be > part of the kernel for a while before people started to figure out > how to use it. (At this year's OLS, somebody told me they just > "discovered" initrd and are now using it. Oh well, it's only been > around for six years ;-)
kexec is also a great enabled for a non-intrusive kernel dump facility done correctly by booting into a new kernel image (which avoids the whole difficulty on x86 with BIOSes wiping out RAM at reboot).
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