On Wed, 1 Sep 2010 15:31:43 -0500 Timothy Murphy <gayleard(a)eircom.net>
wrote:
kalinix wrote:
> ksplice works only for kernels. And make several modules out of the
> deltas between the kernel release, which will be loaded in the older
> kernel. So you'll end up with, let's say 2.6.33.6-147 and a bunch of
> modules covering the patches up to the 2.6.33.8-149. Technically you are
> at 2.6.33.8-149. Practically you still run 2.6.33.6-147 (with
> improvements :) ).
What exactly is ksplice meant to do?
I yum-installed it today,
and then ran "yum update" which installed a new kernel.
I expected this to start running, but it didn't.
Admittedly I didn't read any instructions.
Sounds very cool, and I had not heard of it before today also, but here
is the results of yum info ksplice:
Summary : Patching a Linux kernel without reboot
URL :
http://ksplice.com
License : GPLv2
Description : Ksplice allows system administrators to apply security patches to
: the Linux kernel without having to reboot. Ksplice takes as input
: a source code change in unified diff format and the kernel source
: code to be patched, and it applies the patch to the corresponding
: running kernel. The running kernel does not need to have been
: prepared in advance in any way.
Is it too good to be true?
Ranjan