[root@ps3 boot]# kexec -f --command-line="root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 video=720p panic=30" --initrd=initrd-2.6.23.1-43.fc8.img vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-43.fc8 Cannot determine the file type of vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-43.fc8
Even if I used F8's ppc64 kexec-tools, 64 bit kernels couldn't be loaded onto PLAYSTATION 3. [root@localhost boot]# kexec -l --initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.23.15-137.fc8.img --append=root=LABEL=/ /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.15-137.fc8 get memory ranges:0 Could not find a free area of memory of 775000 bytes... Base address: ffffffff is not page aligned I used kexec-tools-1.1.02pre-4.fc8.ppc64.rpm I also tried the original kexec-tools (git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/horms/kexec-tools-testing.git) built for ppc64 and it worked well, so this problem seems to be specific to Fedora.
David, do you happen to know the last kernel that F8 kexec-tools-1.102pre-4 worked with? Also, is this a general 64 bit kernel issue, or is it specific to cell?
(In reply to comment #2) > Also, is this a general 64 bit kernel issue, or is it specific to cell? I tried the same thing on Mac G5 and it was OK, so my problem is not ppc64-generic. I find that I tried kexec on a recent ps3-linux.git kernel, not a F8 kernel. I'll try the same thing on the F8 kernel/PS3 tomorrow (sorry... I have no access to PS3 right now).
(In reply to comment #2) > David, do you happen to know the last kernel that F8 kexec-tools-1.102pre-4 > worked with? It's not a kernel issue, is it? We used to carry a patch which made the 32-bit kexec userspace tools capable of booting a 64-bit kernel. Now we don't.
Ahh, I thought that was already integrated into the upstream tree. Come to think of it, why isn't it integrated? I'll patch it in of course, but can you post it to the kexec-list? Or would you rather I did that?
kexec-tools-1.102pre-5.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8
kexec-list? I believe I created that some time _after_ I created said patch :) I think it has been merged upstream now, hasn't it?
kexec-tools-1.102pre-5.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
(In reply to comment #8) > kexec-tools-1.102pre-5.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. Same results. On PS3, it doesn't work. [root@localhost ~]# uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.23.15-137.fc8 #1 SMP Sun Feb 10 16:40:13 EST 2008 ppc64 ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux I tried the following versions: [root@localhost ~]# kexec -l --initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.23.15-137.fc8.img --append=root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.15-137.fc8 * kexec-tools-1.102pre-4.ppc64: * kexec-tools-1.102pre-5.ppc64: get memory ranges:0 Could not find a free area of memory of 775000 bytes... Base address: ffffffff is not page aligned * kexec-tools-1.102pre-5.ppc: Cannot determine the file type of /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.15-137.fc8 * kexec-tools-testing.git (32 bit binary, 64 bit kernel) * kexec-tools-testing.git (64 bit binary, 64 bit kernel) OK.