Re: patch like kexec for MIPS possible?

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>]

On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 05:11:53PM +0100, Stanislaw Skowronek wrote:

> > I guess only the big iron fraction among us will really be missing
> > something like kexec - firmware reinitialization may take minutes on that
> > calibre of system so being able to get around that would be a good thing.
> 
> Well, a firmware reinitialization on my Octane (the old one) takes
> minutes. Still, the kernel requires the hardware to be initalized by PROM
> (just like on Origins, really) so kexec is of no help here.

That's something that could be dealt with.

On Origins I usually disable memory test which helps a little but still
is slower than I'd like.  For general hacking eval boards that need like
a second to reset just rock :-)

  Ralf