linux-kernel - Re: Ksplice updates for Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.10.0907010909250.26501@vinegar-pot.mit.edu>
Date:	Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:06:09 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Jeff Arnold <jbarnold@...lice.com>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tabbott@...lice.com,
	wdaher@...lice.com, andersk@...lice.com, nelhage@...lice.com,
	price@...lice.com, geofft@...lice.com
Subject: Re: Ksplice updates for Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty

On Tue, 30 Jun 2009, Pavel Machek wrote:

> Hmmm, so what are its limits? How much manual work is involved?

The Ksplice technical paper (http://www.ksplice.com/paper) describes in 
detail how Ksplice works--including what it can do automatically and what 
requires assistance from a programmer or other tools.

> Lets say I want 2.6.30 -> 2.6.31-rc1... that's just source patch, right?

For now, we're using Ksplice to apply bug-fix patches, such as from the 
stable tree (2.6.29 -> 2.6.29.5, not 2.6.30 -> 2.6.31).

- Jeff
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