Re: kexec refuses to boot latest -mm

From: Dhaval Giani
Date: Sat Dec 29 2007 - 00:42:20 EST


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
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