Ksplice, the kernel of the future

One of the problem with operating system updates is that you often need to reboot the system. While this is nothing but a minor nuisance for us desktop users, it's a bigger problem when it comes to servers. Ksplice is a technology that allows Linux kernel patches to be applied without actually restarting the kernel.

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MyWorld said:

I have long wondered what would be the next big thing in the kernel world.

Kernel 2.4 was replaced by something magical, the 2.6 kernel! You will only appreciate the 2.6 if you tussled with 2.4.

But what could they do to make the kernel even more awesome?

Enter ksplice, the next step in the kernel evolution!

To quite the article:

That is right boys and girls, you can now recompile your kernel and "activate" it without a reboot!

This is huge, I suspect that you can now install new kernels without needing to reboot. This will make rebooting redundant, specially on servers!

Man this is great news, and for the adventurous, you can already implement it in your current kernel!
http://www.ksplice.com/uptrack/

Read more here:
http://www.osnews.com/story/21836/Ksplice_Promises_Linux_Kernel_Updates_Without_Reboots

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Tassidar said:

Pretty slick, now try to imagine doing that in Windows...

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