On Wed, 2014-01-15 at 10:23 +1000, Peter Chubb wrote: > Package: kexec-tools > Version: 1:2.0.4-1 > Severity: normal > Tags: upstream, patch > > Dear Maintainer, > I'm trying to use kexec to boot a multiboot image. My image > relies on mbi->mem_lower being correct, but the current code > combined with a stock debian kernel always fills this field in > with zero. > > The problem is that the debian stock kernel protects the first > few pages (from physical address zero) so they don't appear in > /proc/iomem -- so the test in kexec-multiboot-x86.c to > find the low memory fails -- there's never any visible memroy at > location zero in /proc/iomem. > > My suggested fix is attached.
Queueing it up for the next version. Thanks, Peter! -- Khalid -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
