Patching runtime kernel

I think in ten years' time we will look back and see how silly it is to require a reboot every time the kernel is patched. Nowadays it's obvious that waiting for fsck after an unclean shutdown is unacceptable, even though that's the way it was for many years. Anything which can cut the number of reboots is a step forward for desktop usability. We don't want Linux to be that annoying system that wants to restart itself all the time, a title currently held by Windows, but by a thin margin given the frequency of kernel updates by many distros.

So yes, ksplice is wanted; for the remaining 30% of kernel updates that can't be spliced into a running system, working suspend/resume should help to keep downtime to a minimum.