Linux Kernel 4.0 Officially Released, Brings Live Patching | Linux Today

Linux Kernel 4.0 Officially Released, Brings Live Patching

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Marius Nestor
Apr 12, 2015

Besides the new version number, Linux kernel 4.0 is finally allows no-reboot patching, adds new drivers and updates existing ones, brings better support for new hardware components, and includes several other interesting features, but not as much as one might have expected.

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Marius Nestor

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