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.TH man 1 "23 Mar 2014" "1.0" "kpatch man page"

.SH NAME

kpatch \- hot patch module management

.SH SYNOPSIS

kpatch <command> [<args>]

.SH DESCRIPTION

kpatch is a user script that manages installing, loading, and 

displaying information about kernel patch modules installed on

the system. 

.SH COMMANDS

install [-k|--kernel-version=<kernel version>] <module>

       install patch module to be loaded at boot

uninstall [-k|--kernel-version=<kernel version>] <module>

       uninstall patch module

load --all

       load all installed patch modules into the running kernel

load <module>

       load patch module into the running kernel

unload --all

       unload all patch modules from the running kernel

unload <module>

       unload patch module from the running kernel

info <module>

       show information about a patch module

list

       list installed patch modules

signal

       signal/poke any process stalling the current patch transition

version

       display the kpatch version

.SH SEE ALSO

kpatch-build(1)

.SH BUGS

No known bugs.

.SH AUTHOR

Udo Seidel (udoseidel@gmx.de)

.SH COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2014: Seth Jennings <sjenning@redhat.com> and 

Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>