Bug#318881: RFP: kexec-tools -- Load another kernel from the currently executing Linux kernel

[Ralf Hildebrandt <ralf.hildebrandt@charite.de>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : kexec-tools
  Version         : x.y.z
  Upstream Author : Name <somebody@example.org>
* URL             : http://www.example.org/
* License         : (GPL, LGPL, BSD, MIT/X, etc.)
  Description     : Load another kernel from the currently executing Linux kernel

kexec is a set of systems call that allows you to load another kernel
from the currently executing Linux kernel. Some machines have BIOSes
that are either extremely slow to reboot, or that cannot reliably
perform a reboot.  In which case kexec may be the only alternative to
reboot in a reliable and timely manner.

Kernel 2.6.13 will contain the kexec()-syscall.

The user space tools can be found here:
http://www.xmission.com/~ebiederm/files/kexec/

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.13-rc3-git4
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)