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authorLuca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>2026-05-27 18:37:12 +0300
committerMike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>2026-06-01 09:19:38 +0300
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parent608d1642f20077abff382f04bcd74a4a6cec3018 (diff)
downloadlinux-eb2a73624ed07e4b69adeaec1ce3a62a7236f1ff.tar.xz
liveupdate: document current compatibility status
We currently do not guarantee compatibility due to ongoing development, so mention this explicitly in the user-facing documentation. Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com> Acked-by: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260527153725.1770394-1-luca.boccassi@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
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@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ ioctl uAPI
===========
.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/liveupdate.h
+Note on Compatibility
+=====================
+
+Note that the Live Update feature is still under development and subject to
+change, so compatibility is not guaranteed when kexec rebooting between
+different kernel versions. This is expected to change and stabilize in a future
+version.
+
Userspace Integration
=====================