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SubjectRe: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm
On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 11:11:13AM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 09:27:39AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:15:32PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote:
> > > Hi Vivek,
> > >
> > > I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with
> > > kexec. It just gets stuck at "Starting new kernel".
> > >
> > > It does boot normally when booted as the first kernel.
> > >
> > > Any hints debugging? (x86 architecture)
> >
> > I generally try few things.
> >
> > - Specify earlyprintk= parameter for second kernel and see if control
> > is reaching to second kernel.
> >
> > - Otherwise specify --console-serial parameter on "kexec -l" commandline
> > and it should display a message "I am in purgatory" on serial console.
> > This will just mean that control has reached at least till purgatory.
> >
>
> Ok, so it reaches till here. I get "I'm in purgatory" on the console.

One more thing. Is 2.6.24-rc6 working properly?

Thanks
Vivek


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