[PATCH] kexec: x86 kexec core

This is the i386 implementation of kexec.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

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.
+
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