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kexec-tools package

kexec is broken

Bug #1103493 reported by Phillip Susi
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kexec-tools (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
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Bug Description

After loading the new kernel wit kexec -l, the man page says to run kexec without any arguments and it will do a clean shutdown, then kexec. Running kexec without any arguments results in:

"No kernel specified" followed by help text.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in kexec-tools (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
MDE (mde-bs) wrote :

Confirmed in the version below:

kexec-tools 2.0.6 released 20 July 2017

ii kexec-tools 1:2.0.6-0ubuntu2.3 amd64 tools to support fast kexec reboots

DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS"

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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

Looking back at this 5 years later it seems that I misread the man page. With no options it is supposed to require a kernel image to load and execute. If you just want to execute the already loaded image, you run kexec -e.

Changed in kexec-tools (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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