[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH]: kexec: framework and i386
> In summary, for kdump "linux crashdump=64M@16M" > becomes "xen kdump_megabytes=64 kdump_megabytes_base=16" Please can you explain a bit about how kdump works, and why a physically contiguous region with known base address is required. What actually gets written out in the crash dump and in what format? > The other main point to note for users is that while the > following transition is possible: xen -> linux. But xen -> > xen and linux -> xen is currently not possible. This is > because kexec-tool, the user-space component of kexec does > not understand enough about xen, and thus needs to be > enhanced in order to make this possible. Tim Deegan submitted a patch to add support for multiboot images (such as Xen) to kexec a couple of years ago, and I believe it has been part of the standard package for some time. Thanks, Ian _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
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