[ANNOUNCE] fastboot mailing list at OSDL: fastboot@lists.osdl.org

[ANNOUNCE] fastboot mailing list at OSDL: fastboot@lists.osdl.org

[Andy Pfiffer]

OSDL has created a mailing list for discussion of various topics
relating to "fastboot": reducing enterprise system start & restart time.

Topics of discussion are expected to include:

	- kexec
	- Two Kernel Monty
	- bootimg
	- and other similar technology

Other areas for discussion may include:

	- avoiding reprobe of devices,
	- fast system initialization after the kernel boots,
	- system-wide checkpoint/restart.

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Andy
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checkpoint/restart [was Re: [ANNOUNCE] fastboot mailing list at OSDL: fastboot@lists.osdl.org]

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> OSDL has created a mailing list for discussion of various topics
> relating to "fastboot": reducing enterprise system start & restart time.
> 
> Topics of discussion are expected to include:
> 
> 	- kexec
> 	- Two Kernel Monty
> 	- bootimg
> 	- and other similar technology
> 
> Other areas for discussion may include:
> 
> 	- avoiding reprobe of devices,
> 	- fast system initialization after the kernel boots,
> 	- system-wide checkpoint/restart.

Systemwide checkpoint/restart... seems like suspend-to-disk to me...:

suspend-to-disk, but on the end, do not powerdown, but copy
swap/filesytems to spare disks, simulate suspend failure and
continue. On restart, copy back anddo restart. Perhaps with some LVM
magic this can be made acceptable?

									Pavel
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