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Added note about uname command (bsc#1213147)
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tbazant authored Aug 7, 2023
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every addition of fixes.
</para>

<note>
<title>Live patches and the running kernel</title>
<para>
After a live patch is applied, the
<literal>lp-<replaceable>HASH</replaceable></literal> string is added to
the version of the running kernel as reported by the <command>uname
-a</command> command.
</para>
<screen>&prompt.user;uname -a
Linux sle15-sp3 5.3.18-150300.59.101-default #1 SMP \
Tue Nov 1 11:32:03 UTC 2022 (b2a976e/<emphasis role="bold">lp-cd28ef5</emphasis>) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
</screen>
<para>
To determine the kernel patching status, use the <command>klp -v
patches</command> command.
</para>
</note>

<important>
<title>Live patches compared to kernel updates</title>
<para>
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</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
When <package>kernel-default</package> package is installed, the update
When the <package>kernel-default</package> package is installed, the update
manager prompts you to reboot the system. To prevent this message from
appearing, you can filter out kernel updates from the patching operation.
This can be done by adding package locks with Zypper. &susemgr; also makes
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