From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262086AbVDROaX (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 10:30:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262087AbVDROaX (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 10:30:23 -0400 Received: from omx2-ext.sgi.com ([192.48.171.19]:22406 "EHLO omx2.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262086AbVDROaT (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 10:30:19 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 07:28:53 -0700 From: Paul Jackson To: Chris Wedgwood Cc: ikebe.takashi@lab.ntt.co.jp, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH x86_64] Live Patching Function on 2.6.11.7 Message-Id: <20050418072853.0173a322.pj@sgi.com> In-Reply-To: <20050418092505.GA2206@taniwha.stupidest.org> References: <4263275A.2020405@lab.ntt.co.jp> <20050418040718.GA31163@taniwha.stupidest.org> <4263356D.9080007@lab.ntt.co.jp> <20050418061221.GA32315@taniwha.stupidest.org> <42636285.9060405@lab.ntt.co.jp> <20050418075635.GB644@taniwha.stupidest.org> <20050418021609.07f6ec16.pj@sgi.com> <20050418092505.GA2206@taniwha.stupidest.org> Organization: SGI X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.0 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > That still doesn't explain *why* live patching is needed. True enough. When a requirement is based in 30 years of tradition and practice, it takes work to to back it up to the essentials that would distinguish accurately between adequate and inadequate alternatives. And that I presume is what you mean by the emphasized *why*. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson 1.650.933.1373, 1.925.600.0401