On Thu, 3 Aug 2023 at 12:24, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@gmail.com> wrote:
Arch devs,
I read that systemd 254 will enable a soft-reboot similar to how windows does fast-boot does it. (The Register: https://go.reg.cx/tdml/dfd67/64f3cc7f/8aaa3ef6/49jh)
That's a huge miss-representation. Please don't read "The Register" for Linux tech information.
Mentioned in the article is this soft-reboot will prevent a full reboot - preventing kernel updates in that mode. But the article is silent, and indeed hints at the open question of if or how this will be disabled to allow kernel updates, dual-booting, etc..
`sysmtectl soft-reboot` is a completely new sub-command, and not a default. Neither did `systemctl reboot` change its behaviour. Again, please don't read tabloids if you want to learn stuff about Linux -- damjan