Return-path: Received: from e23smtp04.au.ibm.com ([202.81.18.173]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.68 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1J8USI-0001dc-Tq for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 05:42:02 +0000 Received: from d23relay03.au.ibm.com (d23relay03.au.ibm.com [202.81.18.234]) by e23smtp04.au.ibm.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id lBT5fd5x029421 for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:41:39 +1100 Received: from d23av04.au.ibm.com (d23av04.au.ibm.com [9.190.235.139]) by d23relay03.au.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v8.7) with ESMTP id lBT5fpMc1257718 for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:41:52 +1100 Received: from d23av04.au.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d23av04.au.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.13.3) with ESMTP id lBT5fZno009852 for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:41:35 +1100 Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:11:13 +0530 From: Dhaval Giani Subject: Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm Message-ID: <20071229054113.GB17426@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <20071228124532.GB32643@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20071228142739.GA4560@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071228142739.GA4560@redhat.com> Reply-To: Dhaval Giani List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: kexec-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=infradead.org+dwmw2=infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: Vivek Goyal Cc: hbabu@us.ibm.com, kexec@lists.infradead.org, lkml On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 09:27:39AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote: > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 06:15:32PM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote: > > Hi Vivek, > > > > I can't seem to get the latest -mm (2.6.24-rc6-mm1) to boot with > > kexec. It just gets stuck at "Starting new kernel". > > > > It does boot normally when booted as the first kernel. > > > > Any hints debugging? (x86 architecture) > > I generally try few things. > > - Specify earlyprintk= parameter for second kernel and see if control > is reaching to second kernel. > > - Otherwise specify --console-serial parameter on "kexec -l" commandline > and it should display a message "I am in purgatory" on serial console. > This will just mean that control has reached at least till purgatory. > Ok, so it reaches till here. I get "I'm in purgatory" on the console. -- regards, Dhaval _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec