Re: Kernel hot-swap using Kexec, BProc and CC/SMP Clusters.

Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Mon, 05 May 2003 14:17:57 -0400


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On Mon, 05 May 2003 12:00:15 MDT, Steven Cole said:

> Perhaps two uptimes could be kept. The current concept of uptime would
> remain as is, analogous to the reign of a king (the current kernel), and
> a new integrated uptime would be analogous to the life of a dynasty. The
> dynasty uptime would be one of the many things the new kernel learned
> about on booting. This new dynasty uptime could become quite long if
> everything keeps on ticking.

Make sure you handle the case of a dynasty that starts on a 2.7.13 kernel
and is finally deposed by a power failure in 2.7.39.

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