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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.osdl.org> | 2006-12-07 15:39:22 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.osdl.org> | 2006-12-07 15:39:22 -0800 |
| commit | 6ee7e78e7c78d871409ad4df30551c9355be7d0e (patch) | |
| tree | 84deeea72d7234d0b5652483b11760f394ae1131 /arch/ia64/Kconfig | |
| parent | 7f3af60e5a444b287d740a84998a8f480645dadf (diff) | |
| parent | 52fd91088bcbaea5ab441d09d39c21eb684e54ea (diff) | |
Merge branch 'release' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6
* 'release' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6:
[IA64] replace kmalloc+memset with kzalloc
[IA64] resolve name clash by renaming is_available_memory()
[IA64] Need export for csum_ipv6_magic
[IA64] Fix DISCONTIGMEM without VIRTUAL_MEM_MAP
[PATCH] Add support for type argument in PAL_GET_PSTATE
[IA64] tidy up return value of ip_fast_csum
[IA64] implement csum_ipv6_magic for ia64.
[IA64] More Itanium PAL spec updates
[IA64] Update processor_info features
[IA64] Add se bit to Processor State Parameter structure
[IA64] Add dp bit to cache and bus check structs
[IA64] SN: Correctly update smp_affinty mask
[IA64] sparse cleanups
[IA64] IA64 Kexec/kdump
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/ia64/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/ia64/Kconfig | 23 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig index 683b12c6f76..75d839715b2 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig +++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig @@ -434,6 +434,29 @@ config IA64_ESI source "drivers/sn/Kconfig" +config KEXEC + bool "kexec system call (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on EXPERIMENTAL && !IA64_HP_SIM && (!SMP || HOTPLUG_CPU) + 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. + +config CRASH_DUMP + bool "kernel crash dumps (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on EXPERIMENTAL && IA64_MCA_RECOVERY && !IA64_HP_SIM && (!SMP || HOTPLUG_CPU) + help + Generate crash dump after being started by kexec. + source "drivers/firmware/Kconfig" source "fs/Kconfig.binfmt" |