On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 03:37 +1030, Arthur Marsh wrote: > Package: kexec-tools > Version: 1:2.0.1-4 > Severity: important > > > I have used the example in the kexec man page to load a kernel > but when > > kexec -e > > is run, I get a flush of the disks then reboot without the shutdown scripts > being called. > > Is this the intended behaviour? > > I am looking to be able to run the just installed kernel for git bisection > work.
Yes, that is the intended behavior of "kexec -e". "kexec -e" will execute the shut down routines in the kernel and reboot into new kernel. It does not call the shutdown scripts in init. kexec makes a system call. The right way to execute shutdown scripts in init and then kexec into new kernel is to create a script in rc6.d that calls "kexec -e" and have it execute before the script that calls reboot. When you install kexec-tools package, this script is automatically set up for you and all you have to do to kexec a new kernel is to execute "reboot". As long as LOAD_KEXEC is set to true in /etc/default/kexec, init scripts installed by kexec-tools will kexec load the kernel in /etc/default/kexec and kexec into it after calling all shutdown scripts in init. -- Khalid =================== Khalid Aziz kha...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
