Re: Hibernation Redesign

[Jeremy Maitin-Shepard]

Oliver Neukum <oliver@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

[snip]

> Hm, once the new kernel is booted, this decision is irrevocable, isn't it?
> Is there any way to deal with errors by handing control back?

Returning to the old kernel can be done by telling drivers to set the
hardware to the appropriate state, then copying the backed up memory
back to the beginning of physical memory, and finally jumping to the old
kernel.  It would be much like what is done to resume from hibernation.

-- 
Jeremy Maitin-Shepard
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