On Thursday 26 Jan 2012 11:26:11 Kevin Chadwick wrote:
Paul Gideon Dann wrote:
I know that due to the way the kernel is upgraded, it is best to save kernel upgrade until the system can be rebooted,
Surely there is no point upgrading the kernel unless you are going to reboot thereby loading in the new kernel and you could keep the old modules.
Well, I usually find it a bit of a pain to have to remember to update the kernel before rebooting. Also, since I usually suspend rather than shutting down, I have to actually remember to update the kernel and reboot at some point. I usually do that when a decent number of important packages get updated and I think "I'm probably about due a reboot; I might as well". I wish there were a better metric for this, though. Paul