From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263780AbTDXQ5k (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2003 12:57:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263781AbTDXQ5k (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2003 12:57:40 -0400 Received: from air-2.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:4823 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263780AbTDXQ5i (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2003 12:57:38 -0400 Subject: [ANNOUNCE] OSDL Whitepaper: "Reducing System Reboot Time With Kexec" From: Andy Pfiffer To: fastboot@osdl.org Cc: cgl_discussion@osdl.org, dcl_discussion@osdl.org, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1051204164.4840.17.camel@andyp.pdx.osdl.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4 Date: 24 Apr 2003 10:09:24 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org URL: http://www.osdl.org/docs/reducing_system_reboot_time_with_kexec.pdf Title: Reducing System Reboot Time With kexec Abstract: kexec is a developing feature for Linux 2.5.x that allows an x86 Linux kernel to load and run another kernel instead of the platform BIOS and bootloader. By skipping the platform BIOS during a reboot, kexec can reduce downtime in enterprise class systems, and reduce turn-around time for Linux kernel developers. This paper presents measurements of boot time reduction through the use of kexec.