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authorAndré Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu>2016-01-20 14:01:31 -0300
committerAndré Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu>2016-01-20 14:01:31 -0300
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@@ -44,3 +44,11 @@ Implementation note: Linux will look for the property "linux,stdout-path" or
on PowerPC "stdout" if "stdout-path" is not found. However, the
"linux,stdout-path" and "stdout" properties are deprecated. New platforms
should only use the "stdout-path" property.
+
+linux,booted-from-kexec
+-----------------------
+
+This property is set (currently only on PowerPC, and only needed on
+book3e) by some versions of kexec-tools to tell the new kernel that it
+is being booted by kexec, as the booting environment may differ (e.g.
+a different secondary CPU release mechanism)