Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:06:47 -0800 | From | Randy Dunlap <> | Subject | Re: kexec documentation missing, bad links in kdump.txt |
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On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:23:22 -0500 Vivek Goyal wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:50:15AM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > > Hi! > > > > Where can one get kexec documentation? > > > > (In particular, we are trying to get it to boot on ARM board, and > > wonder if something like CONFIG_RELOCATABLE_KERNEL is needed.) > >
Simon, Vivek -- can you get someone to update the Documentation/ files, please?
> For kexec you will not need CONFIG_RELOCATABLE_KERNEL. But if you also > want to use kdump and use same bzImage as first kernel then you will > need relocatable kernel support. > > For kdump I had done two presentations at OLS. You might find little > bit of kexec details too. > > Kdump: Smarter, Easier, Trustier > http://www.kernel.org/doc/ols/2007/ols2007v1-pages-167-178.pdf > > Kdump, a kexec based crash dumping mechanism. > http://lse.sourceforge.net/kdump/documentation/ols2oo5-kdump-paper.pdf > > thanks > Vivek > > > Unfortunately, only pieces mentioning kexec are kdump pieces > > (Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt), and links there, such as > > > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/horms/kexec-tools/kexec-tools.tar.gz > > > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/horms/kexec-tools/README.html > > > > http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/horms/kexec-tools.git > > > > are no longer valid :-(. > > Pavel > --
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