Re: kernel upgrade on the fly

John Alvord (jalvo@mbay.net)
Wed, 19 Jun 2002 10:22:59 -0700


On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 15:37:23 -0400, Rob Landley
<landley@trommello.org> wrote:

>On Tuesday 18 June 2002 05:21 pm, zaimi@pegasus.rutgers.edu wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> has anybody worked or thought about a property to upgrade the kernel
>> while the system is running? ie. with all processes waiting in their
>> queues while the resident-older kernel gets replaced by a newer one.
>
>Thought about, yes. At length. That's why it hasn't been done. :)

IMO the biggest reason it hasn't been done is the existence of
loadable modules. Most driver-type development work can be tested
without rebooting.

john
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