Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:38:27 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 11/12] x86, boot: add fields to support load bzImage and ramdisk high |
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On 11/24/2012 01:30 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote: >> >> So, given the mess we now have on our hands... any suggestions how to best >> solve it? There is the option of simply declaring old kexec binaries >> broken; they will then not work reliably with newer kernels, if they even >> work reliably now -- it is hard to know for certain. > > yes, if the user updates kernel to be kexeced, then would be > reasonable to ask them to > update kexec-tools. >
Careful... consider the people who use a kexec-based solution as bootloaders.
-hpa
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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