From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 08:05:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 08:05:44 -0500 Received: from tom.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de ([134.109.132.38]:61396 "EHLO tom.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 27 Dec 2002 08:05:40 -0500 Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 08:37:55 +0100 From: Ingo Oeser To: Anomalous Force Cc: wa@almesberger.net, ebiederm@xmission.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: holy grail Message-ID: <20021227083755.C628@nightmaster.csn.tu-chemnitz.de> References: <20021227010338.A1406@almesberger.net> <20021227072142.26177.qmail@web13208.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <20021227072142.26177.qmail@web13208.mail.yahoo.com>; from anomalous_force@yahoo.com on Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 11:21:42PM -0800 X-Spam-Score: -3.0 (---) X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *18RuJJ-0000bq-00*ZAGFCf5W5N6* Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 11:21:42PM -0800, Anomalous Force wrote: [hot swapping the kernel] > yes, it would be extremely difficult. but, as with all fields of > endevour, a holy grail is only such because it is. the question > remains, is this do-able? perhaps not now, or in two years, but > what about five? say, kernel 3.x.x or even 4.x.x? I would just say: Start it yourself and see how hard it is. i You might find contributors and even sponsors, while you actually work on it. There certainly is a market for this feature, because there are OSes support this. Would be nice, if Linux could crack into this market, too. So happy hacking and good luck! Regards Ingo Oeser -- Science is what we can tell a computer. Art is everything else. --- D.E.Knuth