[OLPC-devel] Kexec limitations?

[Ronald G Minnich]

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> So skimming the threads I have heard two problem reports
> with using kexec at the moment.
> 1) The general purpose kexec binary is big (about 128KB)
> 2) With large kernel images (kernel+initramfs) kexec is failing.
> 3) The crystal lan driver has sometimes has problems.
> 
> Are those the only limitations people are aware of with kexec
> right now?
> 
> I expect I will find a little bit of time to hack on kexec shortly
> and if I can address these issues I will.
> 
> Eric

Thanks eric. I now am sure I don't know what the breakage is. I made mtd 
a module last night and everything  booted fine -- maybe BECAUSE I made 
mtd a module. I am going to try to grow the initrd again and see if 
breakage happens.

ron