On Thursday, 11 October 2007 22:54, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > That's certainly possible. We already pass a very small amount of data > > > between > > > the boot and resuming kernels at the moment, and it's done quite simply - > > > by > > > putting the variables we want to 'transfer' in a nosave page/section. > > > > Well, if the boot and image kernels are different, which is now possible on > > x86_64 with some recent patches (currently in -mm), the nosave trick won't > > work. > > I guess we should remove the nosave.... at least from x86-64. If > someone tries to use it, he'll get a nasty surprise.
Agreed. I'll try to prepare a patch for that when I have a bit of time. Greetings, Rafael - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
