How about "updating the kernel"? (was: Re: west side topics?)

[Mike Schwartz]

On 2/22/07, der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:
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> we need a west side topic for this month.
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> The meeting is this coming Wednesday.
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> If we have a topic by tomorrow (Friday) afternoon I will bring cheesecake
> to the meeting [...]
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updating the kernel
This might not be of general interest "outside" of
the co. (ACA) where I work, but I can tell you that
we have some software [DLCS] that plays some role
in doing some "loading" of data and even code, to a
certain target system that we are working on.
    Recently there have been some issues, and I
think they may relate to, when the DLCS software is
updating itself (well, probably it is more like, it is
updating some .dll that is used, "indirectly", during
when DLCS is running).
    Hence, we have started to take an interest in the
scheme used by Debian (which I think is really cool)
(but I do not know much about it), for updting the
kernel.  (without having to use so-called "back door"
methods, such as mounting the HDA as a R/W drive
while booted off of a live CD or something?).
    I personally am not interested in it, due to wanting
to actually update my kernel.  (Although that might
be a side benefit of learning more).  I would like to
understand more about how it "works" - - so that
way, I might be able to give some advice to the
DLCS folks, about how to use some of the ideas
that Debian uses.  (Actually, Debian may not be the
only one;  other distro's might have the same, or a
similar scheme, for enabling a surgeon to operate
on himself (and do a brain transplant)  Any scheme
that works well, I would like to learn about it).
    I understand that some other topic might be more
popular.  However, at this time, this topic might
be of interest to a lot of the folks who work at ACA.
(It is near Dunlap & I-17 - - about 5 mi. S. of the
 PLUG "W. Side" meetings).
-- 
Mike Schwartz
Glendale  AZ
schwartz at acm.org
Mike.L.Schwartz at gmail.com
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