Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271368AbTHSPxx (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:53:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272064AbTHSPxx (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:53:53 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]:64211 "EHLO main.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271368AbTHSPxt (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:53:49 -0400 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: mru@users.sourceforge.net (=?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?=) Subject: Re: Install new kernel without reboots. Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 17:53:48 +0200 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) XEmacs/21.4 (Rational FORTRAN, linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:cJJ/KE++Zcm55zNMPx56Fw5eQlY= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 726 Lines: 15 Maciej Soltysiak writes: > I have heard it is possible to change the kernel without reboots. > And I am not talking about UML. > > Is it true? I could not find any documents on the web. Maybe your source was referring to modules. Modules can be replaced while running, but that's it. The topic of replacing a running kernel completely arises a few times a year. Check the list archive to see what the problems are. -- M?ns Rullg?rd mru@users.sf.net - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/