linux-kernel - Re: [rfc] Merge kexec-tools into the kernel tree

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Message-ID: <20100804080813.GA20178@bwalle.de>
Date:	Wed, 4 Aug 2010 10:08:13 +0200
From:	Bernhard Walle <bernhard@...lle.de>
To:	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
Cc:	kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Michael Neuling <mikey@...ling.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: [rfc] Merge kexec-tools into the kernel tree

* Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au> [2010-08-04 09:06]:
> 
> Given that there have been a bunch of issues with kexec
> on power that this would resolve. and there is precedence
> for tools in the kernel tree, this sounds entirely reasonable to me.
> So with my kexec-tools maintainer hat on, I would like to start
> a conversation about this.

Well, honestly I don't understand the reason behind it.

If it's about dependencies between the kexec binary and the kernel
version -- there are also dependencies between makedumpfile and crash to
the kernel version. Should we move makedumpfile and crash in the kernel
tree, too (which means that we have a GDB copy in the kernel tree)?


Regards,
Bernhard
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