linux-kernel - Re: RISC-V: patched kexec-tools on github for review/testing

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Date:   Tue, 5 Jul 2022 14:12:58 +0000
From:   Yixun Lan <yixun.lan@...il.com>
To:     Nick Kossifidis <mick@....forth.gr>
Cc:     Alexandre Ghiti <alexandre.ghiti@...onical.com>,
        ebiederm@...ssion.com, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-riscv <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexandre ghiti <alex@...ti.fr>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>, geert+renesas@...der.be,
        Stephano Cetola <scetola@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Philipp Tomsich <philipp.tomsich@...ll.eu>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Anup Patel <anup.patel@....com>,
        Atish Patra <atish.patra@....com>
Subject: Re: RISC-V: patched kexec-tools on github for review/testing

HI Nick

On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 12:24 PM Nick Kossifidis <mick@....forth.gr> wrote:
>
> Hello Yixun,
>
> On 7/2/22 14:35, Yixun Lan wrote:
> > hi Nick
> >
> > ping, any update for this? any new patch for kexec-tools?
> >
> > I'd also like to try kexec on unmatched board, and encounter the same error
> > as Alexandre Ghiti reported, generally I'm using almost same cmdline
> >
> > Yixun Lan
>
> The kernel-side patches have already been merged upstream, for
> kexec-tools there are some people working on fixes, I'm expecting pull
> requests on the github before I do a pull request upstream. You should
> be able to use kexec without initrd.
>
> Regards,
> Nick

Thanks for the reply and updated information
I was looking forward to use "--initrd" in order to boot a complicated OS,

Anyway, I will try kexec without initrd, and please keep me posted
when there is PR

Regards

Yixun Lan