[kexec] Native-Mode Stuff

[Shao Miller]

On 10/3/2012 13:43, John Stumpo wrote:
>
> I like the idea of native-mode functions and a native-mode client, but I
> think I'd rather have KexecCommon continue using win32 calls itself.
> (I'd like there to be at least one part of the package that sticks to
> officially documented APIs, which is the case for the existing client code.)
>
> So a native-mode client would be highly welcomed, but I'd like to keep
> KexecCommon the way it is for now.

Good point.

> I'd ultimately like to turn the userspace interface into a
> Linux-compatible kexec_load() function (which would be in a libkexec of
> some kind and just wrap a new ioctl) and try to make the Linux kexec
> userspace tool work with it, allowing more types of images to be loaded
> with further customization occurring in userspace. That doesn't seem
> like it would be very friendly to native mode, so I'll probably find a
> way to keep the current ioctls around if I do this. Whether I'll keep
> the current clients and KexecCommon after doing so is an open question,
> though.
>
> (Maybe I should send out a separate message listing what I want to
> implement that hasn't been so far.)

Please do. :)

- Shao Miller