On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 09:46 -0700, Michael Torrie wrote: > Steven Alligood wrote: > But even on linux, a kernel update requires a reboot. Often the kernel > update is critical because of a local exploit that it fixes. Why do we > have to reboot just to patch a kernel? Sure it sounds complicated to > patch a running kernel, but if I recall there were systems in the 70s > that could do this. There must be mechanisms that could be used to > facilitate this in modern Linux kernels.
I haven't used this personally, but I hear it works well and is supported at least by Ubuntu: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ksplice http://www.ksplice.com/ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
