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Subject[PATCH] [1/3] x86: Improve CONFIG_KEXEC_JUMP description
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I've been puzzling what CONFIG_KEXEC_JUMP was good for.

The Kconfig help was not very helpful in explaining why one
want to set this option. This patch improves
it a bit, based on the original commit log. It's still
not fully clear, but then I couldn't find a concrete application
anywhere.

Cc: ying.huang@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>

---
arch/x86/Kconfig | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.32-ak/arch/x86/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.32-ak.orig/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ linux-2.6.32-ak/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1496,8 +1496,10 @@ config KEXEC_JUMP
depends on EXPERIMENTAL
depends on KEXEC && HIBERNATION
---help---
- Jump between original kernel and kexeced kernel and invoke
- code in physical address mode via KEXEC
+ Allow to call code through kexec with paging turned off and then
+ return to the normal kernel. This can be used to call BIOS
+ code for example, and to implement kexec based hibernation.
+ Requires uptodate kexec tools.

config PHYSICAL_START
hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if (EMBEDDED || CRASH_DUMP)

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