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List:       osdl-fastboot
Subject:    Re: [Fastboot] 2.5.73-mm2+kexec
From:       ebiederm () xmission ! com (Eric W !  Biederman)
Date:       2003-06-30 22:40:27
Message-ID: m1k7b3xk84.fsf () frodo ! biederman ! org
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Ed L Cashin <ecashin@uga.edu> writes:

> Daniele Bellucci <bellucda@tiscali.it> writes:
> 
> > On Sun 29 June 2003 21:12, Ed L Cashin wrote:
> >> In kernel/kexec.c, it says ...
> >>   /*
> >> ...
> >>    * kexec does not sync, or unmount filesystems so if you need
> >>    * that to happen you need to do that yourself.
> >>    */
> > ..can i ask you why?
> 
> It's not what kexec is.  Sync, mount, and telinit already existed and
> are ready to use.  Only kexec is new.
> 
> I'm sure as kexec becomes more mature and more popular there will be
> scripts or programs that hide the details of the whole kexec-based
> reboot proceedure.

And /sbin/kexec (the user space portion) will do that if you don't
use --force.  It does essentially what /sbin/reboot does.

Eric

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