On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Jelle van der Waa <jelle@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 06/08/2011 04:12 PM, Paul Gideon Dann wrote: >> >> I would really like to the kernel that is being replaced kept as a backup. >> If >> the latest kernel breaks your hardware, or something else goes wrong, I'd >> like >> to have the option of using the kernel that was just replaced, because >> it's >> known to work. >> >> I wouldn't want more than one old version of the kernel, though. >> >> Also, although the -lts kernel is good for this, it isn't intended to >> solve >> this problem, and isn't always a perfect fit. For instance, my new laptop >> has >> UEFI-related issues that are only being addressed in the *very* latest >> kernels. I'm not sure -lts would boot for me, but I know that my >> *current* >> kernel boots; seems a pity to throw it out it straight away on upgrade, >> before >> I can test that the new kernel boots OK... >> >> Paul >> > If you want this, implement it! I have seen some discussions about it and it > always tend to users wanting feature X or Y, but didn't commit to it. > protip: iirc there are some threads about this on the mailing list, the > forums and the bugtracker, start gathering info there. Implementing this should be almost trivial, it's just a patch to kernel26.install. I think if someone wants to see this feature, the best way would be to post a patch to arch-projects@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. -t
