[Testing]
== Build & Install kernel and kexec-tools == Built kexec-tools with patches needed for ARM64 support, and built a 4.8.0-38 Yakkety kernel with CONFIG_KEXEC and CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE set to Y.
ubuntu@test:~$ cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 16.10 \n \l ubuntu@test:~$
ubuntu@test:~$ dpkg -l | grep kexec-tools ii kexec-tools 1:2.0.10-2ubuntu1.1 arm64 tools to support fast kexec reboots ubuntu@test:~$
ubuntu@test:~$ sudo file /boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-38-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-38-generic: gzip compressed data, max compression, from Unix ubuntu@test:~$
== Load kexec kernel == ubuntu@test:~$ sudo kexec -l /boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-38-generic --initrd=/boot/initrd.img-4.8.0-38-generic --append="root=LABEL=cloudimg-rootfs vt.handoff=7" ubuntu@test:~$
== Initiate kexec == ubuntu@test:~$ sudo kexec -e ubuntu@test:~$
== Successful boot == test login: [ 66.553187] 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 6.2.0 20161005 (Ubuntu 6.2.0-5ubuntu12) ) #40ubuntu1 SMP Mon Feb 6 21:55:35 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
[Testing]
== Build & Install kernel and kexec-tools ==
Built kexec-tools with patches needed for ARM64 support, and built a 4.8.0-38 Yakkety kernel with CONFIG_KEXEC and CONFIG_KEXEC_CORE set to Y.
ubuntu@test:~$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 16.10 \n \l
ubuntu@test:~$
ubuntu@test:~$ dpkg -l | grep kexec-tools
ii kexec-tools 1:2.0.10-2ubuntu1.1 arm64 tools to support fast kexec reboots
ubuntu@test:~$
ubuntu@test:~$ sudo file /boot/vmlinuz- 4.8.0-38- generic 4.8.0-38- generic: gzip compressed data, max compression, from Unix
/boot/vmlinuz-
ubuntu@test:~$
== Load kexec kernel == 4.8.0-38- generic --initrd= /boot/initrd. img-4.8. 0-38-generic --append= "root=LABEL= cloudimg- rootfs vt.handoff=7"
ubuntu@test:~$ sudo kexec -l /boot/vmlinuz-
ubuntu@test:~$
== Initiate kexec ==
ubuntu@test:~$ sudo kexec -e
ubuntu@test:~$
== Successful boot == 40ubuntu1- generic 4.8.17)
test login: [ 66.553187] 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 6.2.0 20161005 (Ubuntu 6.2.0-5ubuntu12) ) #40ubuntu1 SMP Mon Feb 6 21:55:35 UTC 2017 (Ubuntu 4.8.0-38.
[ 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