I was able to apply this patch and build kexec-tools on Xenial. Please
see this link for details: https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/23950298/

[TESTING]

== Y kernel for X series with kexec support ==
I had to build a Yakkety kernel for Xenial series with KEXEC enabled.
ubuntu@test:~$ uname -a
Linux test 4.8.0-38-generic #40ubuntu1 SMP Tue Feb 7 21:26:52 UTC 2017 aarch64 
aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux

== kexec-tools with patches to enable ARM64 support ==

ubuntu@test:~$ dpkg -l | grep kexec-tools
ii  kexec-tools                        1:2.0.10-1ubuntu2.1                arm64 
       tools to support fast kexec reboots
ubuntu@test:~$ 

== Load kexec kernel and initiate kexec ==
ubuntu@test:~$ sudo kexec -l /boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-38-generic 
--initrd=/boot/initrd.img-4.8.0-38-generic 
--append="root=UUID=6ef62239-dad9-409b-a3ab-1847e44aa779 ro vt.handoff=7"
ubuntu@test:~$ sudo kexec -e

== Successful live boot of kexec kernel ==
Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS test ttyAMA0

test login: [   85.371808] kexec_core: Starting new kernel
[    0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0
[    0.000000] Linux version 4.8.0-38-generic (manjo@tangerine) (gcc version 
5.3.1 20160413 (Ubuntu/Linaro 5.3.1-14ubuntu2) ) #40ubuntu1 SMP Tue Feb 7 
21:26:52 UTC 2017 (Ubuntu 4.8.0-38.40ubuntu1-generic 4.8.17)
[    0.000000] Boot CPU: AArch64 Processor [510f8000]
[    0.000000] efi: Getting EFI parameters from FDT:
[    0.000000] efi: EFI v2.50 by EDK II
[    0.000000] efi:  SMBIOS=0x5bdb0000  SMBIOS 3.0=0x58660000  PROP=0x5f714518  
ACPI=0x58690000  ACPI 2.0=0x58690014
[    0.000000] No NUMA configuration found

** Patch added: "Xenial  kexec-tools arm64 support"
   
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kexec-tools/+bug/1659618/+attachment/4814982/+files/xenial-kexec-tools-enable-arm64-support.patch

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