linux-kernel - Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

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Date:	Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:58:39 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Dhaval Giani <dhaval@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC:	vgoyal@...hat.com, hbabu@...ibm.com,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, kexec@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

Dhaval Giani wrote:
>>
>> Could you give more details of your setup?  I'm trying to figure out 
>> exactly what it is in kexec that goes goofy, but there seems to be an 
>> enormous number of codepaths, all different, depending on things like which 
>> kind of kernel.  The more closely I can replicate your failure, the quicker 
>> I should be able to locate the problem.
>>
> 
> 
> (Anything else you need, please let me know!)

- Is your pre- and post-kexec kernels the same kernel?
- What format are you using for the post-kexec kernel?
- Exact kexec command line?
- Exact boot configuration for the pre-kexec kernel?

If you can send me the images that would be extra helpful.

Thanks!

	-hpa
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