[PATCH v5] add kexec_load() linux system call

[Carlos O'Donell]

On 6/1/2012 3:53 PM, Roland McGrath wrote:
> It's certainly simpler if we aren't supplying a header in libc.
> But I remain unconvinced that it is really worthwhile to give
> libc stubs for these sorts of calls rather than applications just
> using syscall.

I agree with Roland.

Maximillian, Why isn't syscall sufficient?

This is a very very specialized interface whose application can use syscall directly.

Cheers,
Carlos.
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