Messages in this thread | | | From | "Rafael J. Wysocki" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH -mm 2/2] Hibernation: Arbitrary boot kernel support on x86_64 | Date | Sat, 25 Aug 2007 21:51:53 +0200 |
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On Saturday, 25 August 2007 20:32, david@lang.hm wrote: > On Sat, 25 Aug 2007, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > On Friday, 24 August 2007 22:46, Pavel Machek wrote: > >> Hi! > >> > >>> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> > >>> > >>> Make it possible to restore a hibernation image on x86_64 with the help of a > >>> kernel different from the one in the image. > >>> > >>> The idea is to split the core restoration code into two separate parts and to > >>> place each of them in a different page. The first part belongs to the boot > >> > >> What happens in case where both parts want to be > >> at the same place? (Like kernel being restored is 4KB smaller, so that > >> routines now collide?) > > > > Bad things, but I can't see how to avoid that reliably. > > can you at least detect it reliably? (feed a program both kernel images > and have it tell you 'yes/no')
Well, I have an idea how to handle that, but I need to test it. Stay tuned. :-)
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