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Denys Fedoryshchenko wrote: |
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> Hi |
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> Is it possible to compile in kernel kexec support? at least for architectures |
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> where it is well supported. |
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> It is very handy, when Gentoo installed on PC remotely on regular PC, when |
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> people there just boot CD and set ip, and leave location for few days. |
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> It is not possible to eject CD on remote PC, cause on reboot BIOS usually |
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> closing tray. kexec will let to reboot system to newly compiled kernel |
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> without full reboot, avoiding system to boot from CD again. Remote tech's on |
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> location can remove CD later, when it is comfortable for them. |
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How is kexec used? Are there commandline utilities for it? Is it triggered |
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through a /proc interface? |
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Andrew Gaffney http://dev.gentoo.org/~agaffney/ |
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Gentoo Linux Developer Catalyst/Installer + x86 release coordinator |
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