On Sat, 2011-04-23 at 11:01 +0200, intrigeri wrote: > Hi, > > Benjamin Herrenschmidt recently confirmed [0] that no support for > kexec was implemented for Macs. > > [0] http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2011/04/msg00074.html > > Wouldn't it be wise to avoid building powerpc binary packages from the > kexec-tools source, until some kernel supports it? > > Bye, > -- > intrigeri <[email protected]> > | GnuPG key @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/intrigeri.asc > | OTR fingerprint @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/otr.asc > | Every now and then I get a little bit restless > | and I dream of something wild. > >
You are right, except there are powerpc platforms where kexec is supported. I think the error message "Unsupported platform" is the best we can do with powerpc since it makes no sense to stop building kexec-tools for powerpc just because it is not supported on every powerpc platform. -- =================== Khalid Aziz [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
