Subject: Re: kexec for powerpc32

From: Anton Vorontsov <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:23:00 +0400

Hi,

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 05:18:18AM -0700, Christian Kujau wrote:
> [please CC me as I am not subscribed]
> 
> Hi,
> 
> when building a kernel for powerpc32 (PowerBook6,8 / 7447A) I can select
> CONFIG_KEXEC. However, after booting I can't convince kexec (from 
> kexec-tools, latest git checkout) to load the kernel:
> 
> # /opt/kexec-tools/sbin/kexec -l /boot/2.6/zImage --append="root=/dev/hda6" 
> get_memory_ranges(): Unsupported platform
> Could not get memory layout

Kernel has all needed for kexec, but kexec-tools are broken for
powerpc32.

http://www.mail-archive.com/[email-masked]/msg22498.html

I've just asked around, and it seems that Maxim (Cc'ed) will start
working on reviving ppc32 support real soon.

Thanks,

-- 
Anton Vorontsov
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