Question re: updating debain stable kernels...

[Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org>]

Hello,

Googling didn't seem to reveal a definitive answer...

I'm still very new to the debian world, so... anyway...

I just updated my wheezy install from 7.5 to 7.7, but I'm surprised that
I wasn't prompted to reboot, as the kernel image was updated:

   linux-headers-3.2.0-4-amd64 (3.2.57-3+deb7u2 => 3.2.63-2)
   linux-headers-3.2.0-4-common (3.2.57-3+deb7u2 => 3.2.63-2)
   linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 (3.2.57-3+deb7u2 => 3.2.63-2)

I found this: https://wiki.debian.org/HowToUpgradeKernel

But it doesn't really say anything about it.

I just checked after the upgrade, and uname -a still shows:

3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.57-3+deb7u2 x86_64 GNU/Linux

So apparently I need to reboot to be on the new kernel image... but,
since I wasn't prompted, it apparently isn't important to do so right away?

Just trying to get my head around this.

Thanks