kpatch in centos 7 ? kernel updates without rebooting?

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_ck_
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kpatch in centos 7 ? kernel updates without rebooting?

Post by _ck_ » 2014/07/13 02:10:19

I think RHEL7 has kpatch, yes?

Does this mean CentOS 7 has kpatch too and can optionally do (minor) rebootless kernel updates if someone makes the packages for it?

background for those that never heard of kpatch (red hat's answer to oracle buying and restricting ksplice)

http://rhelblog.redhat.com/2014/02/26/kpatch/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juyQ5TsJRTA

https://github.com/dynup/kpatch

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Re: kpatch in centos 7 ? kernel updates without rebooting?

Post by TrevorH » 2014/07/13 02:33:27

[root@centos7 ~]# yum list kpatch
Loaded plugins: changelog, langpacks, priorities, versionlock
Installed Packages
kpatch.noarch 0.1.2-1.el7_0 @updates
No data for it to work on (yet).
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke

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