| From: | Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net> |
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| To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Linux supports hot-swappable hardware? [was Re: |
| Date: | 2003-06-18 13:58:49 |
| Message-ID: | 1055944729.32541.46.camel@haggis |
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On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 08:03, Jonathan Bartlett wrote:
> > Linux supports hot-swappable hardware? As in swappng CPU/RAM/Add on cards on
> > the fly?
>
> No CPUs or RAM. The problem isn't the kernel, realy, it's x86 hardware.
> The kernel guys aren't going to bother to try to support it until there's
> hardware support.
>
> However for PCI cards, USB, Firewire, and SCSI devices, Linux has had
> hotswap capability for a long while now.
You mean that I can go into my white box PC and yank an unused PCI
card from a "live" system, if it is running Linux?
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