Is there a kernel upgrade on my rpi4?
The /boot partition is kept on the sd card… The image on the hard disk was previously used on RPi3B+. I updated it (dist-upgrade, full-upgrade) and it works quite well on the RPi4 except that needrestart says: Pending kernel upgrade! Diagnostics: The currently running kernel version is not the expected kernel version 4.19.97-v8+.
Why does my Pi 4 reboot every time I update the kernel?
Every time I update my Pi4, it runs needrestart which complains that I’m using an old kernel version and I should reboot, but rebooting doesn’t change anything. First, I have to precise that: The /boot partition is kept on the sd card…
Is there a pending upgrade to the kernel?
Pending kernel upgrade! Diagnostics: The currently running kernel version is not the expected kernel version 4.19.97-v8+. Restarting the system to load the new kernel will not be handled automatically, so you should consider rebooting. The /boot (on the SD card) and /lib/modules (on the hard disk) directories contain:
Is it safe to update Linux kernel on Raspberry Pi?
Do not use rpi-update unless you have been recommended to do so by a Raspberry Pi engineer. This is because it updates the Linux kernel and Raspberry Pi firmware to the very latest version which is currently under test. It may therefore make your Pi unstable, or cause random breakage.
Why does my Raspberry Pi keep crashing after RPI update?
I have had rpi-update as part of a regular update process ( cron job). Lately I have been experiencing crashes. I started to investigate, and while there is nothing helpful in the syslog I saw a new warning message that rpi-update updates to pre-releases of the linux kernel tree and Videocore firmware. That might be causing my crashing problems.
Where can I get the kernel of a Raspberry Pi?
After an upgrade using rpi-update the kernel could be upgraded. The script download the kernel from an other gihub repository rpi-firmware. Till now, in order to get the kernel source, I download the last kernel source from git://github.com/raspberrypi/linux.git as it is explained in http://elinux.org/RPi_Kernel_Compilation.