Hello mates,

As you know, in arch Linux the kernel is updated frequently but, is mandatory or good practice reboot any time the kernel is updated?

Edit: Thank you guys for your replies

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    1 year ago

    It’s possible to switch to a new kernel without rebooting using kexec (though you’re going to drop run levels anyway…), and kernels may be livepatched using various services. Realistically though, if your service can’t handle a particular server being offline for a few minutes to reboot and is too critical to schedule an outage for regular patching you’re doing something wrong.