To: Jeff Arnold <jbarnold@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de>, 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
From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
References: <200811211720.26394.knikanth@suse.de>
	<alpine.DEB.2.00.0811211303460.24014@vinegar-pot.mit.edu>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:39:10 +0100
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.0811211303460.24014@vinegar-pot.mit.edu> (Jeff Arnold's message of "Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:46:59 -0500 (EST)")
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Jeff Arnold <jbarnold@MIT.EDU> writes:

> 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?

I suspect that it wasn't mainline?

The usual problem is that it's much easier to get simple patches
in than complicated ones.

-Andi

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