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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kexec: Add --lite option
From: Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 17:37:28 -0700
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To: Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>
Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org, Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>, Petitboot@lists.ozlabs.org

Hi Jeremy,

On Thu, 2015-10-22 at 08:02 +0800, Jeremy Kerr wrote:
> Add a new option --lite to kexec that allows for a fast reboot
> > by avoiding the purgatory integrity checks.  This option is
> > intended for use by kexec based bootloaders that load a new
> > image and then immediately transfer control to it.
> 
> Can we call this something other than 'lite'? I'd want to prevent any
> confusion when referring to 'kexec-lite', which is a separate
> project.

Well, that is why I chose the name 'lite', because it mimics what kexec
-lite does...

What do others think?

-Geoff

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