Martin Michlmayr wrote:
* David Given <d...@cowlark.com> [2009-05-27 10:14]:
(Doesn't Linux have a system call to allow kernel chain-loading?
Would  this allow a basic kernel to be loaded from flash that then
invokes a  kernel read from a file system elsewhere?)

Yes, it's called kexec.

Alas, it doesn't seem to work on the SheevaPlug --- after installing testing's armel version, trying to use it produces:

Unsupported machine type: armv5tel

Worth keeping an eye on in case it starts working in the future, though. Thanks!

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David Given
d...@cowlark.com


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