Nullifying requirement to reboot after kernel update

[Tony Baechler - BATS]

On 2015-04-13 05:24 AM, Chris wrote:
> 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. 

I'm sure this is obvious, but have you looked in /etc/kernel?  I think
that's where the hooks for update-grub are and such, so there might be
something there which might help.