You have been subscribed to a public bug: ---Problem Description--- kexec is not working with kernel 3.16 or later.
The root cause is missing patch in the kexec-tools package provided with Ubuntu 14.04 and 14.10. ---uname output--- Linux qemu 3.16.0-10-generic #15-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 21 16:32:31 UTC 2014 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux Machine Type = P8 ---Steps to Reproduce--- On a 14.10 guest or host, run : $ sudo kexec -l /boot/vmlinux --initrd=/boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-10-generic $ sudo kexec -e The kexeced kernel will hang here : [ 300.002862] Starting new kernel I'm in purgatory The root cause is the following kexec-tools's patch missing: 2ca220389d21 kexec/ppc64: move to device tree version 17 This patch is required to kexec kernel 3.16 and later. Among this patch, the following upstream pactches should be added to the current package : 335bad77fb07 kexec/ppc64: disabling exception handling when building the purgato 90853885a859 ppc64/purgatory: Device tree values should be read/stored in Big En In addition the following incoming patch should be applied : ppc64/kdump: Fix ELF header endianess (http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2014-July/012247.html) Another option to consider is to move to kexec-tools 2.0.7, and to apply the missing patches Is it possible to get this patches also applied to the kexec-tools shipped with 14.04 ? ** Affects: kexec-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-115353 severity-critical targetmilestone-inin1410 -- kexeced kernel hung https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1364427 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to kexec-tools in Ubuntu. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
