Re: Linux supports hot-swappable hardware? [was Re:

> Linux supports hot-swappable hardware? As in swappng CPU/RAM/Add on cards on
> the fly?

No CPUs or RAM. The problem isn't the kernel, realy, it's x86 hardware.
The kernel guys aren't going to bother to try to support it until there's
hardware support.

However for PCI cards, USB, Firewire, and SCSI devices, Linux has had
hotswap capability for a long while now.

Jon

>
> That is news to me. Could you point me to more resources on this?
>
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> Shridhar
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