Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 16th Oct 2008 22:08 UTC, submitted by diegocg
Kexec is a feature that allows to boot kernels from a working kernel. It was originally intended for use by kernel and system developers who had to reboot several times a day. Soon, system administrators for high-availability servers found use for it as well. As systems get more and more advanced, and boot times get longer, end users can now benefit from it.
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Too bad there are issues with some drivers and apparently most of these will be with proprietary drivers like the one mentioned in the article....
Still, I don't know how useful this will be for white box users, but it sounds like this has some serious potential for OEMs and laptop\netbook users if they can build some common hardware profiles for this thing and enable it for those profiles it is known to work well in.
Some serious considerations given to this and the 5 second boot demo are making me think we'll be seeing nigh instant Linux booting in the near future!
No wonder Microsoft is asking if people are interested in such a thing for their next version of Windows!
Events like this only conspire to reinforce my already strong belief that the computer and IT fields desperately need Open Source and Free Software to provide the indispensable competition Microsoft desperately needs but has made use of their illegal monopoly to sheild themselves from.
I sincerely hope there will always be Linux, Haiku, ReactOS, Syllable...something Microsoft can't simply bankrupt out of existence to provide that competition and inspire their coders to new heights they would never climb if left to their own devices.
--bornagainpenguin