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SubjectRe: Ksplice updates for Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty
On Thu 2009-06-25 05:51:56, Jeff Arnold wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The Ksplice team [1] is now providing rebootless kernel updates for Ubuntu
> 9.04 Jaunty to anyone who configures their machine to receive them [2].
> In short, users can click a few buttons and start getting all of the
> Ubuntu kernel security updates applied to their system without rebooting.
> No initial kernel changes are needed.

Nice advertisment...

> Ksplice applies traditional source code patches to unmodified Linux
> kernels. It can be used to apply all of the Linux security patches over
> multiple years [7], and it can also apply reliability patches and other
> bug fixes, such as from the Linux stable tree.

Hmmm, so what are its limits? How much manual work is involved? Lets
say I want 2.6.30 -> 2.6.31-rc1... that's just source patch, right?

Pavel

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