Public bug reported:
[IMPACT]
* kexec-tools in Xenial (16.04) currently does not support ARM64
architecture.
* Backport support for ARM64 arch from upstream
https://github.com/horms/kexec-tools
* Majority of the patches are contained in kexec/arch/arm64/ except for
one patch that impacts purgatory and common device tree routines.
[TEST CASE]
* I built kexec-tools for ARM64 and tested it on HW using the following
testcase:
$ sudo kexec -l /boot/vmlinuz--generic
--initrd=/boot/initrd.img--generic
--command-line="root=UUID= ro vt.handoff=7"
$ sudo kexec -e
* I was able to kexec the new kernel successfully.
* [ 6702.357899] kexec_core: Starting new kernel
[0.00] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x200
[0.00] Linux version -generic (buildd@bos01-arm64-008)
(gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu/Linaro 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4) )
[0.00] Boot CPU: AArch64 Processor [510f8000]
[REGRESSION POTENTIAL]
* Since patches are confined to arm[64] there is a low overall risk of
regression.
[OTHER INFO]
* You can find a Xenial kexec-tools package built for AMD64, i386 and
ARM64 in my PPA
https://launchpad.net/~manjo/+archive/ubuntu/devtools/
* This package is built using the Xenial source package for kexec-tools
with ARM64 enablement patches applied.
* Please pull the changes from my PPA package and integrate into Ubuntu
Xenial kexec-tools after review.
** Affects: kexec-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: High
Assignee: Louis Bouchard (louis-bouchard)
Status: New
** Package changed: ubuntu => kexec-tools (Ubuntu)
** Changed in: kexec-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => High
** Description changed:
[IMPACT]
- * kexec-tools in Xenial (16.04) currently does not support ARM64
architecture.
- * Backport support for ARM64 arch from upstream
https://github.com/horms/kexec-tools
- * Majority of the patches are contained in kexec/arch/arm64/ except for one
patch that impacts
-purgatory and common device tree routines.
+ * kexec-tools in Xenial (16.04) currently does not support ARM64
architecture.
+ * Backport support for ARM64 arch from upstream
+https://github.com/horms/kexec-tools
+ * Majority of the patches are contained in kexec/arch/arm64/ except for
+one patch that impacts purgatory and common device tree routines.
[TEST CASE]
- * I built kexec-tools for ARM64 and tested it on HW using the following
testcase:
-$ sudo kexec -l /boot/vmlinuz--generic
--initrd=/boot/initrd.img--generic
- --command-line="root=UUID= ro vt.handoff=7"
-$ sudo kexec -e
- * I was able to kexec the new kernel successfully.
- * [ 6702.357899] kexec_core: Starting new kernel
-[0.00] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x200
-[0.00] Linux version -generic (buildd@bos01-arm64-008)
(gcc version 5.4.0
-20160609 (Ubuntu/Linaro 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4) )
-[0.00] Boot CPU: AArch64 Processor [510f8000]
-
+ * I built kexec-tools for ARM64 and tested it on HW using the following
+testcase:
+ $ sudo kexec -l /boot/vmlinuz--generic
+ --initrd=/boot/initrd.img--generic
+ --command-line="root=UUID= ro vt.handoff=7"
+ $ sudo kexec -e
+ * I was able to kexec the new kernel successfully.
+ * [ 6702.357899] kexec_core: Starting new kernel
+ [0.00] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x200
+ [0.00] Linux version -generic (buildd@bos01-arm64-008)
(gcc version 5.4.0
+ 20160609 (Ubuntu/Linaro 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.4) )
+ [0.00] Boot CPU: AArch64 Processor [510f8000]
+
[REGRESSION POTENTIAL]
- * Since patches are confined to arm[64] there is a low overall risk of
regression.
+ * Since patches are confined to arm[64] there is a low overall risk of
+regression.
[OTHER INFO]
- * You can find a Xenial kexec-tools package built for AMD64, i386 and ARM64
in my PPA
- https://launchpad.net/~manjo/+archive/ubuntu/devtools/
- * This package is built using the Xenial source package for kexec-tools with
ARM64 enablement
-patches applied.
- * Please pull the changes from my PPA package and integrate into Ubuntu
Xenial kexec-tools after
-review.
+ * You can find a Xenial kexec-tools package built for AMD64, i386 and
+ARM64 in my PPA
+ https://launchpad.net/~manjo/+archive/ubuntu/devtools/
+ * This package is built using the Xenial source package for kexec-tools
+with ARM64 enablement patches applied.
+ * Please pull the changes from my PPA package and integrate into Ubuntu
+Xenial kexec-tools after review.
** Description changed:
[IMPACT]
- * kexec-tools in Xenial (16.04) currently does not support ARM64
architecture.
- * Backport support for ARM64 arch from upstream
-https://github.com/horms/kexec-tools
- * Majority of the patches are contained in kexec/arch/arm64/ except for
-one patch that impacts purgatory and common device tree routines.
+ *
