Re: [PATCH 1/3] powerpc: kexec exit should not use magic numbers

2008-10-22 Thread Simon Horman
[ Added Mohan Kumar to CC list ] On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 03:39:18PM -0500, Milton Miller wrote: > The relocatable kernel kdump patch (54622f10a6aabb8bb2bdacf3dd070046f03dc246) > added a magic flag value in a register to tell purgatory that it should > be a panic kernel. This part is wrong and is

[PATCH 1/3] powerpc: kexec exit should not use magic numbers

2008-10-22 Thread Milton Miller
The relocatable kernel kdump patch (54622f10a6aabb8bb2bdacf3dd070046f03dc246) added a magic flag value in a register to tell purgatory that it should be a panic kernel. This part is wrong and is reverted by this patch. The kernel gets a list of memory blocks and a entry point from user space. Its