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diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm index 0289047d27..5f2d37deda 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ ;;; Copyright © 2019 Kei Kebreau <kkebreau@posteo.net> ;;; Copyright © 2020 Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust@gmail.com> ;;; Copyright © 2020 Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz> +;;; Copyright © 2020 Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com> ;;; ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix. ;;; @@ -6408,3 +6409,26 @@ user space tracer. It receives commands from a session daemon, for example to enable and disable specific instrumentation points, and writes event records to ring buffers shared with a consumer daemon.") (license license:lgpl2.1+))) + +(define-public kexec-tools + (package + (name "kexec-tools") + (version "2.0.20") + (source (origin + (method url-fetch) + (uri (string-append "mirror://kernel.org/linux/utils/kernel" + "/kexec/kexec-tools-" version ".tar.xz")) + (sha256 + (base32 + "1j7qlhxk1rbv9jbj8wd6hb7zl8p2mp29ymrmccgmsi0m0dzhgn6s")))) + (build-system gnu-build-system) + (arguments + ;; There are no automated tests. + '(#:tests? #f)) + (home-page "https://projects.horms.net/projects/kexec/") + (synopsis "Tools for booting directly into different kernels") + (description "This package provides the @code{kexec} program and ancillary +utilities. Using @code{kexec}, it is possible to boot directly into a new +kernel from the context of an already-running kernel, bypassing the normal +system boot process.") + (license license:gpl2))) |