Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:31:52 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Ksplice updates for Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty |
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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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