Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] kexec_file_load implementation for PowerPC

2016-06-16 Thread Thiago Jung Bauermann
Am Donnerstag, 16 Juni 2016, 15:48:30 schrieb Michael Ellerman: > On Tue, 2016-06-14 at 11:59 -0300, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote: > > Hello, > > > > This patch series implements the kexec_file_load system call on PowerPC. > > Can you tell me what this syscall does and why I would want it? Sorry,

Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] kexec_file_load implementation for PowerPC

2016-06-15 Thread Michael Ellerman
On Tue, 2016-06-14 at 11:59 -0300, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote: > Hello, > > This patch series implements the kexec_file_load system call on PowerPC. Can you tell me what this syscall does and why I would want it? cheers ___ kexec mailing list kexec

[PATCH v2 0/9] kexec_file_load implementation for PowerPC

2016-06-14 Thread Thiago Jung Bauermann
Hello, This patch series implements the kexec_file_load system call on PowerPC. It starts by removing an x86 assumption from kexec_file: kexec_add_buffer uses iomem to find reserved memory ranges, but PowerPC uses the memblock subsystem. A hook is added so that each arch can specify how memory ra