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Offline nim108

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kexec support in new kernel
« on: December 08, 2011, 10:27:01 AM »
I was just curious if TCL 4.x's new Linux kernel (3.0.3) supports kexec. If so, when was it added? Thanks, trying to leverage a solution where I can directly boot into Windows from TCL (probably with the help of grub.exe) without a reboot.

EDIT: I don't think it is or else this project would probably not exist: http://netbootcd.tuxfamily.org/. That seems to add it to the kernel. I think it can be very useful to add to the TCL base to leverage this type of functionality.
« Last Edit: December 08, 2011, 10:32:54 AM by nim108 »

Offline curaga

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Re: kexec support in new kernel
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2011, 10:36:50 AM »
You're right, we don't have kexec support currently.
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Re: kexec support in new kernel
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2011, 10:58:22 AM »
You're right, we don't have kexec support currently.
Thanks. No plans to add it any time soon correct?

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Re: kexec support in new kernel
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2011, 01:22:07 AM »
Not in this cycle. Will consider for 5.x.
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