PACKAGE NAME: kexec-tools-2.0.21-x86_64-1salix15.0.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./salix/system PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 95 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 380 K PACKAGE REQUIRED: aaa_libraries|xz,zlib PACKAGE CONFLICTS: PACKAGE SUGGESTS: PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: kexec-tools: kexec-tools (Soft-Reboot and Crash-Dump Analysis for Linux and Xen) kexec-tools: kexec-tools: kexec is a system call that enables you to load and booy into kexec-tools: another kernel from the currently running kernel. kexec performs kexec-tools: the function of the boot loader from within the kernel. The kexec-tools: Primary difference between a standard system boot and a kexec boot kexec-tools: is that the hardware initialization normally performed by the BIOS kexec-tools: or firmware is not performed during a kexec boot. This has the kexec-tools: the effect of reducing the time required for a reboot. kexec-tools: Make sure you have selected CONFIG_KEXEC=y when configuring the kexec-tools: kernel. The CONFIG_KEXEC option enables the kexec system call.