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| author | Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead.org> | 2016-06-23 17:54:48 +0000 |
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| committer | Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> | 2016-06-27 16:31:25 +0100 |
| commit | d28f6df1305a86715e4e7ea0f043ba01c0a0e8d9 (patch) | |
| tree | 0d1f3fba97565a04c56ecf83ea24a0021d056e91 /arch/arm64/Kconfig | |
| parent | f9076ecfb1216a478312b1c078d04792df6d4477 (diff) | |
arm64/kexec: Add core kexec support
Add three new files, kexec.h, machine_kexec.c and relocate_kernel.S to the
arm64 architecture that add support for the kexec re-boot mechanism
(CONFIG_KEXEC) on arm64 platforms.
Signed-off-by: Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
[catalin.marinas@arm.com: removed dead code following James Morse's comments]
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm64/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm64/Kconfig | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig index eb0b0a05751e..1b196bf99320 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig @@ -665,6 +665,16 @@ config PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING If in doubt, say N here. +config KEXEC + depends on PM_SLEEP_SMP + select KEXEC_CORE + bool "kexec system call" + ---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. + config XEN_DOM0 def_bool y depends on XEN |