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Patch the Linux Kernel Without Reboots

Posted by kdawson on from the click-n-go dept.

evanbro writes "ZDNet is reporting on ksplice, a system for applying patches to the Linux kernel without rebooting. ksplice requires no kernel modifications, just the source, the config files, and a patch. Author Jeff Arnold discusses the system in a technical overview paper (PDF). Ted Ts'o comments, 'Users in the carrier grade linux space have been clamoring for this for a while. If you are a carrier in telephony and don't want downtime, this stuff is pure gold.'" Update: 04/24 10:04 GMT by KD : Tomasz Chmielewsk writes on LKML that the idea seems to be patented by Microsoft.

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  1. Beats Windows by hey · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Whether its really needed or not doesn't matte to me.
    The main thing is we can laugh harder at Windows users who have to reboot to install applications!