From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 14 19:55:56 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6EBC8290 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2015 19:55:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jd1008@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ie0-x22a.google.com (mail-ie0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::22a]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3C031A46 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2015 19:55:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jd1008@gmail.com) Received: by iesa3 with SMTP id a3so50763099ies.2 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2015 12:55:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=UayTkwEZRWY7FQE9DXk3PenABDgeZ3ZsWRygMb0x2Xc=; b=SfnUY075CXAAR/ddmOyS/WQcgup6VmaQzS1RxVdXxeuUOY3xEYToXz87xyV75rYXJC LDqb7lS8mW+My2x4RAx1HMNBsq/e7I1sUTP7kHxg/EhBTddt+wsdMCW7AjxLO30gnFxH 9D6cADQRvWn6kwVvaCSVR8NR/ck8tpKOuqavAEqYnfXuiYjP2iKWCF3NciJEMJ60m7d2 3nfcDp3a57j1T7cbZHcFgkxt5M30aNrd4Aw8/asmyOWTA4uGjgYzXrmsCi1EhDx6i3+n fMeasKQNj32NqXB/7oOBqzEAXbTHPTOeGT1ao7r/H9MIl3qrc+5NgcP4qSWAd7aN+skl 4AIQ== X-Received: by 10.43.116.196 with SMTP id fj4mr26552411icc.38.1434311755452; Sun, 14 Jun 2015 12:55:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([50.243.6.59]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id o2sm6029569igr.9.2015.06.14.12.55.54 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 14 Jun 2015 12:55:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <557DDC30.1000902@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2015 13:55:28 -0600 From: jd1008 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reload kernel without reboot? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2015 19:55:56 -0000 On 06/14/2015 02:54 AM, takCoder wrote: > Hi there, > > I have a task on freebsd 9.2 in which I need to apply changes to kernel and > recompile it serveral times. I use buildkernel with my custom kernel. > > my question is: Is there a way to reload freebsd kernel in which i don't > need to restart to apply the changes? > > Thank you all, > takcoder > Some kernels are compiled with the kexec facility where you can have the current kernel be replaced with another. I have never used myself, as I do not wish to possibly corrupt my filesystems :)