I retired from the list for one month now, but i thought of a feature that could be -if possible to include- really a killer one : imagine that you never reboot your computer ! The only reason why you do this for the moment is to boot onto another kernel. This issue could be coped if the kernel could be replaced by a new one without this reboot.
All the process for building and installing a new kernel doesn't require to reboot, only the load into memory needs it. You could imagine, and this could be a great improvement in cooker'developpment that you just switch from one kernel to another one. I iomagine this could be accomplished by freezing ALL the kernel features, letting only the old kernel control all the protocol. As an example, your kernel handles the etx3fs, freezes all operations on it, transfers all the features to the new kernel, and unfreezes it. And so on for all the needed features. I'm not sure it is possible, but has anyone ever thought of this ? It could mean the coexistence of the two kernels (virtal kernels ...), but certainly with no overlapping, during a short period of time. I think of this because of urpmi : With it, you can update your whole system, but the critical point is the kernel. With the procedure, all could be done automatically ;-)) Merry Xstmas !!! Stef PS : i'm not bugged nor drunk.
