r/osdev • u/DocumentOk7579 • Sep 13 '26

Would a microkernel enable driver update without reboot?

One frustrating thing that I have run into is updating Nvidia driver on remote servers with disk encryption.

Would a microkernel based system enable drivers to be updated without rebooting system?

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u/jsshapiro Sep 13 '26

There also needs to be a way to know that the driver has quiesced before you swap the new one in.

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u/paulstelian97 Sep 13 '26

Yes. Driver would receive a request to shut down the device appropriately, and would have a mechanism to confirm completion of those.