> Kernel live patching makes KDBUS and systemD support mandatory!

i'm weary of KDBUS but live patching is something i consider too dangerous.
--Gravis


On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 9:09 AM, <joerg@???> wrote:
> As you may have read, Linus Torvalds considers to call the next Linux
> release 4.0 instead of 3.20. Many people have been wondering why, but there
> is one quite radical feature hidden in the new version.
>
> - OverlayFS now supports multiple read-only layers.
> - Many Intel DRM graphics driver improvements.
> - Improvements to KVM for bettering Linux virtualization.
> - TPM 2.0 support for trusted computing.
> - Live kernel patching support via KDBUS.
> - Fixes to the F2FS file-system.
> - Some basic changes to XFS.
> - An important AMD Hawaii GPU re-clocking fix.
> - Full IBM z13 system support.
> - Continued support improvements to Sony's PlayStation 3 with Linux even
> though Sony no longer supports the "Other OS" functionality.
> - Sound improvements, particularly around bettering the support for HP
> laptops.
> - The usual plethora of ACPI / power management updates.
> - New and updated input drivers and new HID hardware support.
> - Numerous media driver improvements.
>
> Kernel live patching makes KDBUS and systemD support mandatory! Who will
> maintain our kernel fork? Or maybe we should just move on to OpenSolaris,
> the only true Unix left? We have been warning people of this happening, but
> they did not listen!
>
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