On Thu, 2009-02-12 at 14:57 -0800, Dave Hansen wrote: > > Also, what happens if I checkpoint a process in 2.6.30 and restore it in > > 2.6.31 which has an expanded idea of what should be restored? Do your > > file formats handle this sort of forward compatibility or am I > > restricted to one kernel? > > In general, you're restricted to one kernel. But, people have mentioned > that, if the formats change, we should be able to write in-userspace > converters for the checkpoint files.
I mentioned this because it seems like a key use case is upgrading kernels out from under long-lived applications. -- http://selenic.com : development and support for Mercurial and Linux -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
