17 Feb
2006
17 Feb
'06
1:33 a.m.
In message Pine.WNT.4.61.0602161324350.1692@holyoke.labs.mot.com you wrote:
Just to make sure you're considering all options -- the problem could also be addressed solely with Linux.
No, it cvannot. For any *reliable* update method you need a constant, known to be working piece of software.
kexec() seems to be the current recommendation for kernel upgrades, though
That's something completely different.
I think it's only in 2.6.
The method is not new. It has been used a long, long time before. See Magnus Damm's relf.
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Wolfgang Denk
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