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| author |   Sven Schnelle <svens@stackframe.org> | 2019-09-08 11:33:04 +0200 |
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| committer |   Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> | 2019-09-08 15:37:04 +0200 |
| commit | fc697dc0c26a5908d467454e49440862d7fe96d0 (patch) | |
| tree | 89a0cc633b00b294644143b4a11a78bf18c77e0d /arch/parisc/Kconfig | |
| parent | parisc: add __pdc_cpu_rendezvous() (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-fc697dc0c26a5908d467454e49440862d7fe96d0.tar.xz linux-dev-fc697dc0c26a5908d467454e49440862d7fe96d0.zip | |
parisc: add kexec syscall support
Signed-off-by: Sven Schnelle <svens@stackframe.org>
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/parisc/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/parisc/Kconfig | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig b/arch/parisc/Kconfig index ee59171edffe..548c767f4358 100644 --- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig +++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig @@ -346,6 +346,19 @@ config NR_CPUS depends on SMP default "4" +config KEXEC + bool "Kexec system call" + select KEXEC_CORE + help + kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your + current kernel, and to start another kernel. It is like a reboot + but it is independent of the system firmware. And like a reboot + you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux. + + It is an ongoing process to be certain the hardware in a machine + shutdown, so do not be surprised if this code does not + initially work for you. + endmenu |