From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 26 May 2001 22:51:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 26 May 2001 22:51:07 -0400 Received: from turnover.lancs.ac.uk ([148.88.17.220]:63479 "EHLO helium.chromatix.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 26 May 2001 22:50:50 -0400 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <3B1065FD.3F8D7EDF@mandrakesoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20010527021808.80979.qmail@web13407.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 03:50:28 +0100 To: Jeff Garzik , cesar.da.silva@cyberdude.com From: Jonathan Morton Subject: Re: Please help me fill in the blanks. Cc: kernellist Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >> * Live Upgrade > >LOBOS will let one Linux kernel boot another, but that requires a boot >step, so it is not a live upgrade. so, no, afaik If you build nearly everything (except, obviously what you need to boot) as modules, you can unload modules, build new versions, and reload them. So, you could say that partial support for "live upgrades" is included. It works, too - I unloaded my OV511 driver a few weeks ago, copied the source for the new one in, built it, and re-inserted it. Same goes for the DRM module a couple of weeks before that. Now, the machine in question gets rebooted fairly often in any case, but those were things I *didn't* have to reboot for. -------------------------------------------------------------- from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton mail: chromi@cyberspace.org (not for attachments) big-mail: chromatix@penguinpowered.com uni-mail: j.d.morton@lancaster.ac.uk The key to knowledge is not to rely on people to teach you it. Get VNC Server for Macintosh from http://www.chromatix.uklinux.net/vnc/ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version 3.12 GCS$/E/S dpu(!) s:- a20 C+++ UL++ P L+++ E W+ N- o? K? w--- O-- M++$ V? PS PE- Y+ PGP++ t- 5- X- R !tv b++ DI+++ D G e+ h+ r++ y+(*) -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK-----