Re: [RFC] kreplace: Rebootless kernel updates

From: Chris Friesen
Date: Fri Nov 21 2008 - 12:29:41 EST


Balbir Singh wrote:

Undoubtedly, but a good warning is the best way to keep people warned about
running such code :) It is a useful thing to have and to run, but running it
would take more guts than anything else.

There is significant demand for this sort of thing in the telecom/enterprise space, where they would like to apply kernel patches (especially security patches and bugfixes) with minimal downtime.

Chris
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