linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kexec: force x86_64 arches to boot kdump kernels on boot cpu

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Date:	Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:16:42 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Ben Woodard <woodard@...hat.com>,
	Neil Horman <nhorman@...hat.com>, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	hbabu@...ibm.com, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>, hpa@...or.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kexec: force x86_64 arches to boot kdump kernels on
	boot cpu


* Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com> wrote:

> Ok, new patch attached, taking into account Andi's request for a 
> cleaner method to implement single application quirks.  I've spoken 
> with Ben, who is continuing to retest, and reports that clean 
> methodical testing results in success with this patch.

thanks, i've added your patch to x86.git#mm - queued up for v2.6.25 
merging. But v2.6.24 merging would be too risky i think: it's not a 
regression fix and for a regular fix it's a bit late in the cycle for a 
bugfix that changes so many aspects of the early quirk code.

	Ingo
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