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default Linux Kernel on OEL8

by
cormanstnl
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Hi,

I have Oracle Linux Server release 8.8
Today I run a yum updating the server and I see that the server have 2 kernel version :
Kernel 5.15 and 4.18.

Since the last startup of the server, I run with the kernel 4.18.0-425.10.1.el8_7.x86_64
and if I read correctly the output of grubby :

> grubby --info=ALL
Quote:
index=0
kernel="/boot/vmlinuz-5.15.0-105.125.6.2.2.el8uek.x86_64"
args="ro crashkernel=auto resume=UUID=61a2d0cd-8e09-41c7-b6a1-8477faf6ac26 numa=off transparent_hugepage=never $tuned_params"
root="UUID=016bd340-3a46-4dce-a1a5-e082a4d3c6fb"
initrd="/boot/initramfs-5.15.0-105.125.6.2.2.el8uek.x86_64.img $tuned_initrd"
title="Oracle Linux Server 8 (5.15.0-105.125.6.2.2.el8uek.x86_64) "
id="436a7be9271f4c87a9f545e1d43d9c21-5.15.0-105.125.6.2.2.el8uek.x86_64"
index=1
kernel="/boot/vmlinuz-5.15.0-101.103.2.1.el8uek.x86_64"
args="ro crashkernel=auto resume=UUID=61a2d0cd-8e09-41c7-b6a1-8477faf6ac26 numa=off transparent_hugepage=never $tuned_params"
root="UUID=016bd340-3a46-4dce-a1a5-e082a4d3c6fb"
initrd="/boot/initramfs-5.15.0-101.103.2.1.el8uek.x86_64.img $tuned_initrd"
title="Oracle Linux Server 8 (5.15.0-101.103.2.1.el8uek.x86_64) "
id="436a7be9271f4c87a9f545e1d43d9c21-5.15.0-101.103.2.1.el8uek.x86_64"
index=2
kernel="/boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8.x86_64"
args="ro crashkernel=auto resume=UUID=61a2d0cd-8e09-41c7-b6a1-8477faf6ac26 numa=off transparent_hugepage=never $tuned_params"
root="UUID=016bd340-3a46-4dce-a1a5-e082a4d3c6fb"
initrd="/boot/initramfs-4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8.x86_64.img $tuned_initrd"
title="Oracle Linux Server (4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8.x86_64) 8.8"
id="436a7be9271f4c87a9f545e1d43d9c21-4.18.0-477.27.1.el8_8.x86_64"
index=3
kernel="/boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8.x86_64"
args="ro crashkernel=auto resume=UUID=61a2d0cd-8e09-41c7-b6a1-8477faf6ac26 numa=off transparent_hugepage=never $tuned_params"
root="UUID=016bd340-3a46-4dce-a1a5-e082a4d3c6fb"
initrd="/boot/initramfs-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8.x86_64.img $tuned_initrd"
title="Oracle Linux Server (4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8.x86_64) 8.8"
id="436a7be9271f4c87a9f545e1d43d9c21-4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8.x86_64"
index=4
kernel="/boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-425.10.1.el8_7.x86_64"
args="ro crashkernel=auto resume=UUID=61a2d0cd-8e09-41c7-b6a1-8477faf6ac26 numa=off transparent_hugepage=never $tuned_params"
root="UUID=016bd340-3a46-4dce-a1a5-e082a4d3c6fb"
initrd="/boot/initramfs-4.18.0-425.10.1.el8_7.x86_64.img $tuned_initrd"
title="Oracle Linux Server (4.18.0-425.10.1.el8_7.x86_64) 8.7"
id="436a7be9271f4c87a9f545e1d43d9c21-4.18.0-425.10.1.el8_7.x86_64"
index=5
kernel="//boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-436a7be9271f4c87a9f545e1d43d9c21"
args="ro crashkernel=auto resume=UUID=61a2d0cd-8e09-41c7-b6a1-8477faf6ac26 numa=off transparent_hugepage=never"
root="UUID=016bd340-3a46-4dce-a1a5-e082a4d3c6fb"
initrd="//boot/initramfs-0-rescue-436a7be9271f4c87a9f545e1d43d9c21.img"
title="Oracle Linux Server (0-rescue-436a7be9271f4c87a9f545e1d43d9c21) 8.7"
id="436a7be9271f4c87a9f545e1d43d9c21-0-rescue"
> grubby --default-kernel
Quote:
/boot/vmlinuz-5.15.0-105.125.6.2.2.el8uek.x86_64

the next reboot will switch to kernel 5.15 and I'm not sure that is a good idea.
the content of /etc/sysconfig/kernel :

Quote:
# UPDATEDEFAULT specifies if kernel-install should make
# new kernels the default
UPDATEDEFAULT=yes

# DEFAULTKERNEL specifies the default kernel package type
DEFAULTKERNEL=kernel-uek-core
So if I change the default-kernel by running :
> grub2-set-default 2

is the next boot will be with the kernel vmlinuz-4.18.0-477.27 or the first kernel 5.15.105 ?
or is it better change de default and change the DEFAULT-KERNEL on sysconfig (vi or is there a commande for that ?)

thank you
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