Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> "Smith, Stan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> 
>> Initially I thought x86 kboot on x86_64 hardware 'might' work. My
>> experiments using an x86 (aka i386) kboot did not provide useful
>> results. Given I'm not a kboot expert, it's possible I fat-fingered
>> something, although the kboot-10 bits worked on an x86 system?
>> I'll re-run the experiments, collecting the damage reports and
>> forward. 
>> 
>> Given the failed x86 kboot experiments, I attempted to build
>> kboot-10 on an x86_64 RHEL distribution, encountering link failures
>> (gcc build) due to x86 arch assumptions in the build configuration
>> (-m32 in Makefile(s)).
> 
> Odd.  Still the arch of the binaries is minor.
> 
>> My task is to get x86_64 kboot buildable and functional, any
>> assistance and/or directions you could provide would be greatly
>> appreciated. 
> 
> There are two problems.  A minimal environment that makes a cool
> bootloader. kboot.  kexec working.
> 
> Please test just /sbin/kexec under a normal environment and see how
> far you get.

Will do. 
> 
> There are success reports from the s390 guys that they have a slightly
> modified kboot working in their 64bit environment.

Good news.
> 
> Eric

Thanks.

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