clarify that kpatch should work on non-Fedora

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Josh Poimboeuf 2014-02-13 10:18:46 -06:00
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QUICK START
This only works on Fedora currently.
NOTE: While kpatch is designed to work with any recent Linux
kernel on any distribution, these quick start instructions
currently only work on Fedora.
First make a patch against the kernel tree, e.g. foo.patch. Then:
First make a patch against the kernel tree, e.g. foo.patch.
Then:
sudo kpatch-build/kpatch-build ~/foo.patch
insmod kpatch.ko kpatch-foo.ko
Voila, your kernel is patched.
A less crude interface is coming soon.
LICENSE
kpatch is under the GPLv2 license.