From 5033cba087f6ac773002123aafbea1aad4267682 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric W. Biederman" Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 14:57:56 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] kexec: x86 kexec core This is the i386 implementation of kexec. Signed-off-by: Eric Biederman Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- arch/i386/Kconfig | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) (limited to 'arch/i386/Kconfig') diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig index 31567f4d333a..0f391cbf116e 100644 --- a/arch/i386/Kconfig +++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig @@ -953,6 +953,23 @@ config PHYSICAL_START Don't change this unless you know what you are doing. +config KEXEC + bool "kexec system call (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on EXPERIMENTAL + help + kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your + current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot + but it is indepedent of the system firmware. And like a reboot + you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux. + + The name comes from the similiarity to the exec system call. + + It is an ongoing process to be certain the hardware in a machine + is properly shutdown, so do not be surprised if this code does not + initially work for you. It may help to enable device hotplugging + support. As of this writing the exact hardware interface is + strongly in flux, so no good recommendation can be made. + endmenu -- cgit v1.2.2