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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2024-12-28 22:39:49 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2024-12-28 23:16:01 +0100 |
| commit | 4f7b58b92a0f42c06a5d32509ede5e1a987ced18 (patch) | |
| tree | 2c56819ae35f9672d7313ea775cc15e2dc47f638 /etc | |
| parent | 1305f78d05f4e0027162c1b7e783fc127a49fb8e (diff) | |
news: Add entry about kexec.
* etc/news.scm: Add entry.
Change-Id: I8ba27ecba903ac6aa16ef97f09ac21e89a873dee
Diffstat (limited to 'etc')
| -rw-r--r-- | etc/news.scm | 19 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/etc/news.scm b/etc/news.scm index 0628b0fdb4..60f7043846 100644 --- a/etc/news.scm +++ b/etc/news.scm @@ -34,6 +34,25 @@ (channel-news (version 0) + + (entry (commit "1305f78d05f4e0027162c1b7e783fc127a49fb8e") + (title + (en "@command{guix system reconfigure} now supports kexec")) + (body + (en "If you are using Guix System, you'll be delighted to know that +@command{guix system reconfigure} now loads the new system for fast reboot +@i{via} Linux's kexec mechanism---unless given the @option{--no-kexec} option. +The same goes for @command{guix deploy}. + +Kexec allows Linux to reboot straight into a new kernel (and operating +system), bypassing the BIOS and the bootloader. The @command{reboot} command, +starting from Shepherd 1.0.0, has a new @option{--kexec} (or @option{-k}) +option that lets you reboot into a previously-loaded system; use +@command{reboot --kexec} to take advantage of this new @command{guix system +reconfigure} feature. + +Run @command{info \"(guix) Invoking guix system\"}, for more info."))) + (entry (commit "ccf72d5074b0c5ba793e686cbb1d6eaad39824bf") (title (de "Neues Format @samp{appimage} für den Befehl @command{guix pack}") |