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Currently, the kexec_file_load syscall on x86 does not support passing a device tree blob to the new kernel. Some embedded x86 systems use device trees. On these systems, failing to pass a device tree to the new kernel causes a boot failure. To add support for this, we copy the behavior of ARM64 and PowerPC and copy the current boot's device tree blob for use in the new kernel. We do this on x86 by passing the device tree blob as a setup_data entry in accordance with the x86 boot protocol. This behavior is gated behind the KEXEC_FILE_FORCE_DTB flag. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250805211527.122367-3-makb@juniper.net Signed-off-by: Brian Mak <makb@juniper.net> Cc: Alexander Graf <graf@amazon.com> Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> Cc: Borislav Betkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> Cc: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@google.com> Cc: Thomas Gleinxer <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.