On Feb 07, 2002 01:06 +0100, mumismo wrote:
> I just want to ask if someone is working or has worked in changing a kernel
> for another one without the need of rebooting the machine
> I think it has a couple of practical purporses:
> - Letting add new features as new drivers for hotplug devices , you can argue
> that compilation of modules are enough but think in big kernel number changes
> when you can't use that drivers so you have to reboot to install a new usb
> HW. Pretty windows-like...
> - Letting change kernel for instance 2.4.0 --> 2.4.17, maybe you have a
> machine working fine but with some problems sometimes with memory and you
> have realized that the 2.4.17 mm works much finer. It's logical be able to
> change it without rebooting (maybe you are in a 24x7 enviroment or you want
> to beat some uptime record)
This is an old idea and is basically not possible to do, nor would you
actually want to do it in real life. Please see:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=99489535607340&w=4
for a link to the last time this thread came up on l-k. Maybe it is a time
for a FAQ entry?
Cheers, Andreas
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