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    SubjectRe: kexec (was: Re: What's left over.)
    On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 02:29:43PM -0300, Werner Almesberger wrote:
    > I view kexec as an "enabler", much like initrd, which had to be
    > part of the kernel for a while before people started to figure out
    > how to use it. (At this year's OLS, somebody told me they just
    > "discovered" initrd and are now using it. Oh well, it's only been
    > around for six years ;-)

    kexec is also a great enabled for a non-intrusive kernel dump
    facility done correctly by booting into a new kernel image (which
    avoids the whole difficulty on x86 with BIOSes wiping out RAM at
    reboot).

    -ben
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