How to implement kexec on e500 ?

[wilbur.chan]

Excuse me ,

btw,how to search these patches on this maillist?

through Linuxppc-dev Archives one by one?

Cheers,

wilbur

2009/6/29, Kumar Gala <galak at kernel.crashing.org>:
>
> On Jun 29, 2009, at 8:47 AM, wilbur.chan wrote:
>
>> kernel 2.6.21.7
>>
>> As we know , kexec stores  data  for new kernel image ,  in the form
>> of   a page list.
>>
>> And kexec uses the physical address of the another  page for a
>> "next-page" pointer.
>>
>> However, PowerPC e500  does not allow users to turn off the MMU, so we
>> can not used physical address directly in our code.
>>
>>
>> Someone suggested that changing  relocate_kernel.S to add a TLB 1-to-1
>> mapping of DRAM .
>>
>> What does "mapping" mean ?
>>
>> Any suggestion to implement kexec on e500 ?
>
> Wilbur, kexec has been implemented on e500.  There are some patches on
> the list for this and they just need to be respun and reviewed again.
>
> - k
>