How to implement kexec on e500 ?

2009-06-29 Thread wilbur.chan
kernel 2.6.21.7 As we know , kexec stores data for new kernel image , in the form of a page list. And kexec uses the physical address of the another page for a next-page pointer. However, PowerPC e500 does not allow users to turn off the MMU, so we can not used physical address directly

Re: How to implement kexec on e500 ?

2009-06-29 Thread Kumar Gala
On Jun 29, 2009, at 8:47 AM, wilbur.chan wrote: kernel 2.6.21.7 As we know , kexec stores data for new kernel image , in the form of a page list. And kexec uses the physical address of the another page for a next-page pointer. However, PowerPC e500 does not allow users to turn off

Re: How to implement kexec on e500 ?

2009-06-29 Thread wilbur.chan
Excuse me , btw,how to search these patches on this maillist? through Linuxppc-dev Archives one by one? Cheers, wilbur 2009/6/29, Kumar Gala ga...@kernel.crashing.org: On Jun 29, 2009, at 8:47 AM, wilbur.chan wrote: kernel 2.6.21.7 As we know , kexec stores data for new kernel image ,

Re: How to implement kexec on e500 ?

2009-06-29 Thread kernel mailz
Did some searching on the archieve Looks like this is a old patch [PATCH 03/10] powerpc: Add kexec support for PPC_85xx platforms Dale Farnsworth Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:51:52 -0800 Is this the patch you were referring to kumar -TZ On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 9:06 PM, wilbur.chanwilbur...@gmail.com