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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2001
Steven Roth, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel Mathias, San Jose, CA (US);
Wade J. Satterfield, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Steven Roth, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel Mathias, San Jose, CA (US);
Wade J. Satterfield, Ft. Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus in which a UNIX operating system can be configured or tuned without rebooting the system. Advantageously, the present invention is directed to a dynamic mechanism for updating kernel parameters which is persistent and lasts across reboots. The present invention provides a dynamic kernel tunable framework for changing tunables in a kernel without rebooting. A graphical user interface displays and is used to change graphical values and settings of dynamic tunables.