[qubes-users] Q: Kernel being used in VM

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Hi!

I wonder: What sense is in updating the kernel in a VM (e.g. fedora-32) when that kernel isn't used when booting the VM?

For example:
user@sys-firewall ~] rpm \-qa kernel\\\* kernel\-core\-5\.9\.11\-100\.fc32\.x86\_64 kernel\-5\.9\.12\-100\.fc32\.x86\_64 kernel\-modules\-5\.9\.14\-100\.fc32\.x86\_64 kernel\-modules\-5\.9\.11\-100\.fc32\.x86\_64 kernel\-headers\-5\.9\.13\-100\.fc32\.x86\_64 kernel\-devel\-5\.9\.11\-100\.fc32\.x86\_64 kernel\-debug\-devel\-5\.9\.11\-100\.fc32\.x86\_64 kernel\-modules\-5\.9\.12\-100\.fc32\.x86\_64 kernel\-devel\-5\.9\.12\-100\.fc32\.x86\_64 kernel\-devel\-5\.9\.14\-100\.fc32\.x86\_64 kernel\-core\-5\.9\.12\-100\.fc32\.x86\_64 kernel\-5\.9\.14\-100\.fc32\.x86\_64 kernel\-core\-5\.9\.14\-100\.fc32\.x86\_64 kernel\-debug\-devel\-5\.9\.14\-100\.fc32\.x86\_64 kernel\-5\.9\.11\-100\.fc32\.x86\_64 kernel\-debug\-devel\-5\.9\.12\-100\.fc32\.x86\_64 \[user@sys\-firewall \~\] uname -a
Linux sys-firewall 4.19.155-1.pvops.qubes.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Nov 9 06:37:34 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Regards,
Ulrich

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The VM's package manager can be told not to update specified packages,
if that is what you want.

Mike.

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Hi!

I wonder: What sense is in updating the kernel in a VM (e.g. fedora-32) when that kernel isn't used when booting the VM?

It's only for standalone VMs IIRC.
Uninstalling them shouldn't hurt if you don't use any standalone VM.

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David Hobach:

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Hi!

I wonder: What sense is in updating the kernel in a VM (e.g. fedora-32) when that kernel isn't used when booting the VM?

The VM's package manager can be told not to update specified packages,
if that is what you want.

No, specifically for sys-net I wonder what the great support for newer hardware is worth when an old kernel is being used.