kexec file based system call
modulename: machine_kexec_file.ko
and/orkexec_elf.ko
and/orelf_kexec.ko
and/orkexec-bzimage64.ko
and/orfile_load.ko
and/orkexec_file.ko
configname: CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE
Linux Kernel Configuration
└─>Processor type and features
└─>kexec file based system call
In linux kernel since version 3.10 (release Date: 2013-06-30)
This is new version of kexec system call. This system call is
file based and takes file descriptors as system call argument
for kernel and initramfs as opposed to list of segments as
accepted by previous system call.
file based and takes file descriptors as system call argument
for kernel and initramfs as opposed to list of segments as
accepted by previous system call.