Horms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 10:37:45AM +0100, Heiko Carstens wrote:
>> From: Heiko Carstens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> 
>> Set KEXEC_ARCH_S390 in order to make sure that kexec works also in compat
>> mode on s390.
>
> That seems fine to me, but could you explain a little more about it?

If you call sys_kexec_load in compat mode, you are required to pass
the architecture your kernel is actually running.  The kexec kernel
code only supports one switching to one mode.  So a 32bit user space
must be prepared to accept a 64bit handoff.  The flag reports
that you can do that.

Eric
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