On 09/01/2010 06:14 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > 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. For most users, yes, much easier to reboot. But there are hundreds if not thousand of situations where a reboot is out of the question. If you have not worked in very large database center with thousands of clients all over the world, you will understand why sometimes a reboot would be out of the question. -- 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
