Ranjan Maitra wrote: >> What exactly is ksplice meant to do? >> I yum-installed it today, >> and then ran "yum update" which installed a new kernel. >> I expected this to start running, but it didn't. >> Admittedly I didn't read any instructions. >> > > > Sounds very cool, and I had not heard of it before today also, but here > is the results of yum info ksplice: > > Summary : Patching a Linux kernel without reboot > URL : http://ksplice.com > License : GPLv2 > Description : Ksplice allows system administrators to apply security > patches to > : the Linux kernel without having to reboot. Ksplice takes as > : input a source code change in unified diff format and the > : kernel source code to be patched, and it applies the patch > : to the corresponding running kernel. The running kernel does > : not need to have been prepared in advance in any way. > > Is it too good to be true? Sorry, but it sounds to me as though it is much easier to re-boot. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
