Usually on servers you don't reboot every time a new kernel comes out anyway, nor do you have to use lots of modules generally, especially if you use a custom kernel. A kernel upgrade comes in if there was a security issue in your kernel and you need to upgrade, but there are still servers running 2.6.18, which I remember from years and years ago, back when I started with Linux. On 1/31/2011 8:01 AM, Steve Holmes wrote: > Yes, I think not expecting a reboot after a majer version change of > the kernel is highly unrealistic. I also concer with other posts > that with all the modules used by the kernel these days, it would seem > necessary to me to expect to reboot to get the new modules loaded. > > Also, I had to rebuild my rtl8192se package from AUR this morning > because the modules there were still pointing to 2.6.36. I wondered > why my wireless network capability went to hell after rebooting with > the 2.6.37 kernel. Then it dawned on me that I might need to revisit > that and even after rebuilding and installing the updated package, I > had to reboot before my network would come up. Sure, I might have > been able to do a depmod or new modprobes or something but it was just > easier for me to reboot the thing in this case; this was my laptop and > sure didn't affect other users<smile>. > > BTW Chris, the speakup transition went perfectly. When I first did a > pacman -su for this morning I was concerned when I got a dependency > error with speakup and pacman wouldn't update. But then after reading > the posts on this thread, the Arch Linux world is nice and round again > for me:). Thanks again for your excelent work in Arch, the speakup > boot images and on-going support. > > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:11:39AM -0500, Alex Snow wrote: >> The only OS I know of that can swap a kernel without a reboot is VMS. >> Yes, you can copy new kernel images and new module trees until you're >> blue in the face, but it's still not going to load the new image until a >> reboot >> >> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 05:25:38AM +0000, Frost wrote: >>> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 05:04:14PM +0000, Christopher Brannon wrote: >>>> When it is time for you to upgrade to version 2.6.37, you should first >>>> remove the old speakup package (pacman -R speakup). Reboot, >>> Why does Arch Linux need to be rebooted over a kernel exchange? >>> Does it have proprietary Mickeysoft software in it or something? >>> >>> Michael >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> -- >> Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid >> back. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Thanks, Ty
