kexec on SMP mips64?
Hi all,
We're starting work on an embedded highly-available product using dual Octeon cpus, and I'm looking into the possibility of using kexec/kdump as a "flight recorder" to dump fault information to a persistant storage location.
I saw the patch adding initial support for kexec, but I was curious about the current status. Is anyone using kexec for mips64 SMP systems?
Is it known to be broken? I'm just trying to get a feel for how much
work might be involved.
Thanks,
Chris
Quoted 9 lines · Chris Friesen
We're starting work on an embedded highly-available product using dual Octeon cpus, and I'm looking into the possibility of using kexec/kdump as a "flight recorder" to dump fault information to a persistant storage location.
I saw the patch adding initial support for kexec, but I was curious about the current status. Is anyone using kexec for mips64 SMP systems? Is it known to be broken? I'm just trying to get a feel for how much work might be involved.
I would classify the code as untested and suspect.
Ralf
On Thursday 31 January 2008 19:25:10 you wrote:
Hi,
Quoted 9 lines
We're starting work on an embedded highly-available product using dual Octeon cpus, and I'm looking into the possibility of using kexec/kdump as a "flight recorder" to dump fault information to a persistant storage location.
I saw the patch adding initial support for kexec, but I was curious about the current status. Is anyone using kexec for mips64 SMP systems?
Is it known to be broken? I'm just trying to get a feel for how much
work might be involved.
The code used to work on the 32bit mips board I have access to, but as far as I know it has not been tested on 64bit. I have not tested it on SMP, but chances are that kexec on mips is broken here too.
Regards,
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Nicolas Schichan