Re: 1.6 and /dev/reload

[John Klos <john%sixgirls.org@localhost>]

Hi,

>   I modified kernel_reload_write() to handle ELF kernels and now I have
>   a functional /dev/reload again. I removed the aout stuff since it does
>   not make any sense on an ELF system, IMO.

Now that it is working for recent systems, maybe this is a good time to
ask: What does it do? I have a general idea (is it right?) that it allows
one to reboot a new kernel without rebooting the whole system from the
ROMs?

>   The new code isn't finished yet, some tweaks are still to be done. I
>   would like to get rid of the chipmem requirement. Is this possible?
>   Another thought is, to only allow reboot if the machine is in single
>   user mode.

(Forgive my ignorance; I'm guessing) Wouldn't it be better to use
/dev/reload with reboot so that reboot with a flag can bring the system
into single user mode, then use /dev/reload?

How does one use /dev/reload? I see no man page...

Thanks,
John Klos
Sixgirls Computing Labs