Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Feb 2002 18:07:39 -0700 | From | Andreas Dilger <> | Subject | Re: Kernel hotplug |
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On Feb 07, 2002 01:06 +0100, mumismo wrote: > I just want to ask if someone is working or has worked in changing a kernel > for another one without the need of rebooting the machine > I think it has a couple of practical purporses: > - Letting add new features as new drivers for hotplug devices , you can argue > that compilation of modules are enough but think in big kernel number changes > when you can't use that drivers so you have to reboot to install a new usb > HW. Pretty windows-like... > - Letting change kernel for instance 2.4.0 --> 2.4.17, maybe you have a > machine working fine but with some problems sometimes with memory and you > have realized that the 2.4.17 mm works much finer. It's logical be able to > change it without rebooting (maybe you are in a 24x7 enviroment or you want > to beat some uptime record)
This is an old idea and is basically not possible to do, nor would you actually want to do it in real life. Please see: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=99489535607340&w=4
for a link to the last time this thread came up on l-k. Maybe it is a time for a FAQ entry?
Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2resize/ http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/
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