Re: Question re: updating debain stable kernels...
On 2014-10-26 13:46 +0100, Joe wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 13:13:24 +0100
> Håkon Alstadheim <hakon@alstadheim.priv.no> wrote:
>>
>> The point is that loading kernel modules after a kernel update will
>> not always work, so a reboot is in my experience advisable before
>> you do any configuration changes involving module loading.
This is indeed true, therefore the recommendation to reboot ASAP (but
not sooner) is reasonable.
> There was a time when a kernel upgrade always triggered a message which
> urged a reboot as soon as possible. I'm not sure when it stopped
> happening, a quick Google suggests that it disappeared after lenny.
Actually before that, it was in the 2.6.24-1 upload January 2008:
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| linux-2.6 (2.6.24-1) unstable; urgency=low
| [...]
| [ Bastian Blank ]
| * Kill reboot warning from old templates.
| [...]
| -- Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:35:11 +0100
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http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/kernel?view=revision&revision=10186
Cheers,
Sven
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