On 11/24/2012 01:30 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
So, given the mess we now have on our hands... any suggestions how to best
solve it? There is the option of simply declaring old kexec binaries
broken; they will then not work reliably with newer kernels, if they even
work reliably now -- it is hard to know for certain.
yes, if the user updates kernel to be kexeced, then would be
reasonable to ask them to
update kexec-tools.
Careful... consider the people who use a kexec-based solution as
bootloaders.
-hpa
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