APPLIED: [PATCH 0/2] Add support for kexec-hardboot to Nexus 7 kernel

[Tim Gardner]

On 11/22/2012 12:45 PM, Vojtech Bocek wrote:
> These patches are for Nexus 7 kernel[1].
> 
> These two patches allows Nexus 7's kernel to be booted
> via kexec-hardboot method[2]. In short, kexec-hardboot
> is like normal exec, but does full reboot of the device,
> so that drivers are properly initialized. Normal kexec
> results into freeze on Nexus 7.
> 
> Ported from Jens Andersen <jens.andersen at gmail.com>'s
> kernel for Asus TF201 [3].
> 
> [1] N7 kernel: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=hwe/ubuntu-nexus7.git
> [2] Hardboot: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1266827
> [3] Original repository: http://git.io/EXpn2A
> 
> --
> 
> Vojtech Bocek (2):
>   UBUNTU: Enable caching and buffering of whole RAM in the decompressor
>   UBUNTU: Support copying of atags in the decompressor.
> 
>  arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile         |    3 +++
>  arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S           |   50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.c           |   22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  arch/arm/mach-tegra/include/mach/memory.h |    4 ++++
>  4 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> 

Uploaded as linux-nexus7_3.1.10-8.15. Tested on my Quantal based N7.
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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com