Re: [KEXEC][PATCH] Modified (smaller) x86 kexec hwfixes patch

Eric W. Biederman (ebiederm@xmission.com)
14 Feb 2003 01:32:08 -0700


"Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@aracnet.com> writes:

> Running on my 4-way P3 test box (just SMP, not NUMA) kexec_test
> prints this:
>
> Synchronizing SCSI caches:
> Shutting down devices
> Starting new kernel
> kexec_test 1.8 starting...
> eax: 0E1FB007 ebx: 0000011C ecx: 00000000 edx: 00000000
> esi: 00000000 edi: 00000000 esp: 00000000 ebp: 00000000
> idt: 00000000 C0000000
> gdt: 0000006F 000000A0
> Switching descriptors.
> Descriptors changed.
> Legacy pic setup.
> In real mode.
>
> Without that I just get:
>
> Synchronizing SCSI caches:
> Shutting down devices
> Starting new kernel
>
> Can someone interpret?

Besides the fact that you cannot make BIOS calls, and kexec is working
there is not much to say. You cannot kexec another kernel?

Eric

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