Discussion -- perhaps a trollette -- re: upgrades !

[Tim]

On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 10:35 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote:
> There are systems where it is required that live
> kernels be patchable with no downtime (things like
> space stations and nuclear reactor controllers), but
> it is fantastically complex to make work.

I'd imagine that some of /those/ places would run dual computers in
control, and one would automatically fallover to the other.  You'd need
that sort of redundancy so that you could perform repairs.

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