Ronald G Minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> actually, since kexec and two kernel monte came along I stopped using
> LOBOS. I still prefer some of the design decisions I made in LOBOS
> (leaving VM on while you boot) but I think the other systems are "cleaner"
> in some respects.

Well kexec still does that on the alpha.  On x86 we can save memory
by skipping that part, because we don't need to build up page tables...
 
> So I think you should look at them. We don't want all these different
> "kernel boots kernel" tools in use -- one or two will do the job.

Discussion on the linux kernel maillist has reached consensus, on a
lot of the design issues.  So there is a pretty good chance we will
see something in the 2.5 kernel.  Assuming I can do a decent
implementation...

Eric

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