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
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
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.