Note that since Oracle basically closed ksplice, RedHat has developed kpatch and SuSE has developed kgraft, which are both similar ways of doing the same kind o

Note that since Oracle basically closed ksplice, RedHat has developed kpatch and SuSE has developed kgraft, which are both similar ways of doing the same kind of thing, and there is some discussion going on about whether they can be merged or a better general purpose kernel patching method developed: http://wiki.linuxplumbersconf.org/2014:live_kernel_patching http://wiki.linuxplumbersconf.org/2014:live_kernel_patching