From cc846f6705b2c477362e074c33d181ec3550a726 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Josh Poimboeuf Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 10:18:46 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] clarify that kpatch should work on non-Fedora --- README | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 714738a..fb53b45 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -14,17 +14,18 @@ notification of workload users in the event of downtime. 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.