Re: [PATCH 0/6] kexec: A new system call to allow in kernel loading

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Now a new system call kexec_file_load() is implemented which takes
> kernel fd and initrd fd as parameters. Now kernel should be able
> to verify signature of newly loaded kernel.

Only kernel fd and initrd fd?
What about other fds (e.g. device tree, bootinfo)?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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