Re: [PATCH v3 11/12] x86, boot: add fields to support load bzImageand ramdisk high

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 11/24/2012 01:30 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> > So, given the mess we now have on our hands... any suggestions how to best
> > solve it?  There is the option of simply declaring old kexec binaries
> > broken; they will then not work reliably with newer kernels, if they even
> > work reliably now -- it is hard to know for certain.
>
> yes, if the user updates kernel to be kexeced, then would be
> reasonable to ask them to
> update kexec-tools.

Careful... consider the people who use a kexec-based solution as 
bootloaders.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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