Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756877AbYKVDyT (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:54:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753377AbYKVDyG (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:54:06 -0500 Received: from BISCAYNE-ONE-STATION.MIT.EDU ([18.7.7.80]:54097 "EHLO biscayne-one-station.mit.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752638AbYKVDyE (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:54:04 -0500 Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:46:59 -0500 (EST) From: Jeff Arnold To: Nikanth Karthikesan cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ananth@in.ibm.com, davem@davemloft.net, mhiramat@redhat.com, contact@ksplice.com, jbarnold@ksplice.com, tabbott@ksplice.com, wdaher@ksplice.com, andersk@ksplice.com Subject: Re: [RFC] kreplace: Rebootless kernel updates In-Reply-To: <200811211720.26394.knikanth@suse.de> Message-ID: References: <200811211720.26394.knikanth@suse.de> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (DEB 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0.00 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 602 Lines: 16 Hello, > [kreplace] is currently a x86_64 only _hack_ The point of Ksplice is to be a hot update system that isn't a hack. Ksplice is quite far along at this point; it implements many safety and automation features that kreplace doesn't address. Is there something in particular that discouraged you from using Ksplice? Jeff Arnold jbarnold@mit.edu -- 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/