Comments on: Say Goodbye to Reboots with Ksplice http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7403/ Open Source, Open Standards Sat, 05 Oct 2013 13:48:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: clusterman http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7403/#comment-6626 clusterman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7403/#comment-6626 <p>Any word on other distro\'s taking advantaged of Ksplice? </p> Any word on other distro\’s taking advantaged of Ksplice?

]]> By: csmart http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7403/#comment-6627 csmart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7403/#comment-6627 <p>Hey clusterman,</p> <p>I don\'t know whether any distributions have taken it up as yet. The Ubuntu service from Ksplice is the first that I know of. But stay tuned for a follow up article which might help provide more answers to that question.. :-)</p> <p>-c </p> Hey clusterman,

I don\’t know whether any distributions have taken it up as yet. The Ubuntu service from Ksplice is the first that I know of. But stay tuned for a follow up article which might help provide more answers to that question.. :-)

-c

]]> By: handydan918 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7403/#comment-6628 handydan918 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7403/#comment-6628 <p>Too bad they won\'t do the same for another distro.</p> <p>I\'d rather reboot once or twice a year than be stuck with Ubu... </p> Too bad they won\’t do the same for another distro.

I\’d rather reboot once or twice a year than be stuck with Ubu…

]]> By: thequickbrownfox http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7403/#comment-6629 thequickbrownfox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7403/#comment-6629 <p>Would it be fair to say that this guy got his idea and title for this article from the latest issue of Linux Journal? </p> Would it be fair to say that this guy got his idea and title for this article from the latest issue of Linux Journal?

]]> By: golding http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7403/#comment-6630 golding Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7403/#comment-6630 <p>Hiya Chris,</p> <p>Anything happening for Gentoo with this? It looks like it\'s in binary only, are they going to release it in source balls? How will it work with portage?</p> <p>Regards .. Robert (Adelaide) </p> Hiya Chris,

Anything happening for Gentoo with this? It looks like it\’s in binary only, are they going to release it in source balls? How will it work with portage?

Regards .. Robert (Adelaide)

]]> By: jswanhart http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7403/#comment-6631 jswanhart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7403/#comment-6631 <p>What happens when a syscall is patched while a thread is executing that syscall? There isn\'t a critical section around every system call so how can it guarantee that it won\'t crash the kernel by modifying memory in place while another thread reads it? </p> What happens when a syscall is patched while a thread is executing that syscall? There isn\’t a critical section around every system call so how can it guarantee that it won\’t crash the kernel by modifying memory in place while another thread reads it?

]]> By: csmart http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7403/#comment-6632 csmart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7403/#comment-6632 <p>handydan918, I didn\'t say that they wouldn\'t I said stay tuned to find out ;-)</p> <p>thequickbrownfox, no, not fair to say. Ksplice announced their Uptrack service for Ubuntu recently so there are bound to be a few articles about it cropping up. And after visiting their site to check I have to say that my title is nothing like theirs.</p> <p>golding, I haven\'t heard anything about Gentoo on this, but it would be interesting. They should be able to apply it like any other distro, but the harder thing for them would be the fact that people compile their own kernels. It would only work on an official static kernel, I think.</p> <p>jswanhart, I\'m not sure but I can find out for you. I the mean time, have you read the paper from their website?</p> <p>-c </p> handydan918, I didn\’t say that they wouldn\’t I said stay tuned to find out ;-)

thequickbrownfox, no, not fair to say. Ksplice announced their Uptrack service for Ubuntu recently so there are bound to be a few articles about it cropping up. And after visiting their site to check I have to say that my title is nothing like theirs.

golding, I haven\’t heard anything about Gentoo on this, but it would be interesting. They should be able to apply it like any other distro, but the harder thing for them would be the fact that people compile their own kernels. It would only work on an official static kernel, I think.

jswanhart, I\’m not sure but I can find out for you. I the mean time, have you read the paper from their website?

-c

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