Nullifying requirement to reboot after kernel update

[Chris]

On Mon, 2015-04-13 at 20:22 -0400, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
> On 4/13/15 8:24 AM, Chris wrote:
> > On Mon, 2015-04-13 at 01:23 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sunday 12 April 2015 22:21:52 Chris wrote:
> >>> The subject says it all. Based upon the fact that I'm running a
> >>> non-standard kernel from here -
> >>> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/drm-intel-next/ whenever
> >>> a support Ubuntu kernel comes down the pike such as 3.13* I'd like to
> >>> go ahead and install it but not go through the reboot process because
> >>> I'll continue to run the kernel shown below or a newer version is
> >>> required. Is there a setting where I can comment out the reboot nag?
> >>>
> >>> Chris
> >>
> >> If it tells you to reboot, it does so because that is the only way to get
> >> the bug or security fixed version of the software it just updated into
> >> operation and your machine then armored against the security exploit.
> >>
> >> If you do not reboot, you will be leaving your system in a buggy or
> >> vulnerable condition.
> >>
> >> Cheers, Gene Heskett
> > That's why I mentioned in my initial post above Gene that I'm not
> > running the 'standard' kernel but an updated drm-intel kernel from the
> > link I provided. I'm running this kernel because of the video lockups
> > I'd been getting and the bug report I made here -
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1402331 and I'm
> > also running an updated xf86-video-intel driver. So far this combination
> > has worked. In order to track how long this combination will go without
> > a lockup I need to be able to ignore the mandatory reboot after a
> > standard Ubuntu kernel update.
> >
> 
> 	It's simple then, Chris. Don't apply any update that needs a reboot. 
> You only said you don't want to get nagged about reboot; so obviously 
> you don't care about getting all of the fixes.
> 
> 
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> 
True in a sense Dave, at some given point I 'may' want to boot into the
latest 3.13.* or 3.14.* kernel, whichever is the latest Ubuntu one, and
by just removing the symlink I've removed the nagging of a reboot
required (hopefully) and with the latest supported kernel installed I
can always boot into it if needed.

Chris

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