linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/9] Ksplice: Rebootless kernel updates

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Message-ID: <20080913051252.GA6306@x200.localdomain>
Date:	Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:12:52 +0400
From:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:	Jeffrey Brian Arnold <jbarnold@....EDU>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Tim Abbott <tabbott@....edu>,
	Anders Kaseorg <andersk@....edu>,
	Waseem Daher <wdaher@....edu>,
	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/9] Ksplice: Rebootless kernel updates

On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 12:49:46AM -0400, Jeffrey Brian Arnold wrote:
> These RFC patches add support for Ksplice [1], a rebootless update system, 
> to the kernel.

> The basic idea is that Ksplice can apply an update to a running 
> Linux kernel based only on a source code patch and the original kernel 
> source.

Please, taint kernel after first update so some of us can ignore oopses
of hopelessly broken kernels.
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