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SubjectRe: kexec (was: Re: What's left over.)
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).

-ben
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