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It was designed that way, but it doesn’t actually need to be that way. KSplice, for example, lets you update the kernel without rebooting. https://en.wikipedi

by KMnO4 4y ago

It was designed that way, but it doesn’t actually need to be that way. KSplice, for example, lets you update the kernel without rebooting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ksplice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ksplice

lostmsu 4y ago
> does not provide any mechanisms for ensuring function-level consistency while the hot patches are applied E.g. a shotgun pointed at your feet
- riskable 4y ago
  To be fair, the comparison is against the way Windows updates itself which is like Russian roulette.
  - lostmsu 4y ago
    You are talking about unbootable system (extremely rare) or missing drivers. But what I quoted potentially means data corruption.