[MIPS] Add support for kexec

A tiny userland application loading the kernel and invoking kexec_load for 
mips is available here:

http://chac.le-poulpe.net/~nico/kexec/kexec-2006-10-18.tar.gz

Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 1443024b1c7c..c0da0ffe8d57 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -766,6 +766,23 @@ config TOSHIBA_RBTX4938
 
 endchoice
 
+config KEXEC
+ 	bool "Kexec system call (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ 	depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+ 	help
+ 	  kexec is a system call that implements the ability to shutdown your
+ 	  current kernel, and to start another kernel.  It is like a reboot
+ 	  but it is indepedent of the system firmware.   And like a reboot
+ 	  you can start any kernel with it, not just Linux.
+
+ 	  The name comes from the similiarity to the exec system call.
+
+ 	  It is an ongoing process to be certain the hardware in a machine
+ 	  is properly shutdown, so do not be surprised if this code does not
+ 	  initially work for you.  It may help to enable device hotplugging
+ 	  support.  As of this writing the exact hardware interface is
+ 	  strongly in flux, so no good recommendation can be made.
+
 source "arch/mips/ddb5xxx/Kconfig"
 source "arch/mips/gt64120/ev64120/Kconfig"
 source "arch/mips/jazz/Kconfig"