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From: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de>
Subject: Re: ALSA, snd_intel8x0m and kexec() don't work together (2.6.13-rc3-git4 and 2.6.13-rc3-git3)
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 20:20:39 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m1br4j1zt4.fsf@ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050722180204.GD30517@charite.de> (Ralf Hildebrandt's message of "Fri, 22 Jul 2005 20:02:04 +0200")

Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de> writes:

> kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your
> current kernel, and to start another kernel.  It is like a reboot but it
> is indepedent of the system firmware.  And like a reboot you can start
> any kernel with it, not just Linux.
> 	  
> The name comes from the similiarity to the exec system call.
>
> It is an ongoing process to be certain the hardware in a machine is
> properly shutdown, so do not be surprised if this code does not initially
> work for you.  It may help to enable device hotplugging support.  As of
> this writing the exact hardware interface is strongly in flux, so no good
> recommendation can be made.

Hmm.  It looks like the text in Kconfig needs to be updated.
I don't think that description has been updated in several years.

Eric

  reply	other threads:[~2005-07-31  2:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-07-21 18:06 Ralf Hildebrandt
2005-07-22  6:25 ` Ralf Hildebrandt
2005-07-22 13:14   ` Denis Vlasenko
2005-07-22 13:18     ` Ralf Hildebrandt
2005-07-22 17:55       ` Lee Revell
2005-07-22 18:02         ` Ralf Hildebrandt
2005-07-31  2:20           ` Eric W. Biederman [this message]
2005-07-31  2:19         ` Eric W. Biederman
2005-09-04 17:17   ` Ralf Hildebrandt

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