> -----Original Message-----
> From: Khalid Aziz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 2006年10月2日 23:33
> To: Horms
> Cc: Zou, Nanhai; Fastboot mailing list
> Subject: Re: [Fastboot] kexec_fake_sal_rendez broken?
>
> On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 17:29 +0900, Horms wrote:
> > Hi Nanhai,
> >
> > I have been looking a little into kexec_fake_sal_rendez,
> > as I think that kexec for xen will need to use it as I don't
> > believe that any CPU hotplug infastructure is present there.
> >
> > Unfortunately, when compile linux without CPU hotplug support -
> > thus forcing the kexec_fake_sal_rendez method of shutting down CPUs
> > to be used - kexec no longer functions unless I set maxcpus=1 when
> > kexecing into the second kernel.
> >
> > Is this a problem that you are aware of?
> > Do you have any idea where I should poke around to fix it?
> >
>
> That code has not caused problems on single cpu machine in the past. I
> will take a look.
>
Hi Aziz,
I think calling to the fake_rendz code need to be relocated to control
page.
Otherwise there will be problem if kexec into a different kernel. New kernel
may overlap to the area of fake_rendz code linked in first kernel.
Thanks
Zou Nan hai
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