* Install new kernel without reboots.
@ 2003-08-19 15:30 Maciej Soltysiak
2003-08-19 15:53 ` Måns Rullgård
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From: Maciej Soltysiak @ 2003-08-19 15:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Hi,
I have heard it is possible to change the kernel without reboots.
And I am not talking about UML.
Is it true? I could not find any documents on the web.
Regards,
Maciej
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* Re: Install new kernel without reboots.
2003-08-19 15:30 Install new kernel without reboots Maciej Soltysiak
@ 2003-08-19 15:53 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-08-19 15:56 ` Randy.Dunlap
2003-08-19 16:16 ` Omar Kilani
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From: Måns Rullgård @ 2003-08-19 15:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Maciej Soltysiak <solt@dns.toxicfilms.tv> writes:
> I have heard it is possible to change the kernel without reboots.
> And I am not talking about UML.
>
> Is it true? I could not find any documents on the web.
Maybe your source was referring to modules. Modules can be replaced
while running, but that's it. The topic of replacing a running kernel
completely arises a few times a year. Check the list archive to see
what the problems are.
--
Måns Rullgård
mru@users.sf.net
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* Re: Install new kernel without reboots.
2003-08-19 15:30 Install new kernel without reboots Maciej Soltysiak
2003-08-19 15:53 ` Måns Rullgård
@ 2003-08-19 15:56 ` Randy.Dunlap
2003-08-19 16:16 ` Omar Kilani
2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Randy.Dunlap @ 2003-08-19 15:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Maciej Soltysiak; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 17:30:52 +0200 (CEST) Maciej Soltysiak <solt@dns.toxicfilms.tv> wrote:
| Hi,
|
| I have heard it is possible to change the kernel without reboots.
| And I am not talking about UML.
|
| Is it true? I could not find any documents on the web.
Eric Biederman has been working on 'kexec', which is a fast
reboot (Linux boots Linux). See
http://www.xmission.com/~ebiederm/files/kexec/
and
http://developer.osdl.org/%7Eandyp/kexec/
for some 2.5.[67]x versions. I'm trying to update it to
2.6.0-test3 and make it reboot successfully on my dual P4
machine. Currently it hangs during the reboot.
--
~Randy
"Everything is relative."
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* Re: Install new kernel without reboots.
2003-08-19 15:30 Install new kernel without reboots Maciej Soltysiak
2003-08-19 15:53 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-08-19 15:56 ` Randy.Dunlap
@ 2003-08-19 16:16 ` Omar Kilani
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From: Omar Kilani @ 2003-08-19 16:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Maciej Soltysiak; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Maciej Soltysiak wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have heard it is possible to change the kernel without reboots.
> And I am not talking about UML.
>
> Is it true? I could not find any documents on the web.
>
> Regards,
> Maciej
> -
As well as kexec, maybe you want to look at the "two kernel monte".
This is what Scyld Beowulf uses to do single kernel image distribution.
Not sure what it's status is for 2.4, though. I'm only using it on 2.2.
Regards,
Omar Kilani
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* Re: Install new kernel without reboots.
@ 2003-08-19 16:03 John Bradford
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From: John Bradford @ 2003-08-19 16:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel, solt
> I have heard it is possible to change the kernel without reboots.
> And I am not talking about UML.
>
> Is it true? I could not find any documents on the web.
Are you referring to kexec?
John.
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