Bug 195218

Summary: Handbook: Tell exactly a restart is required
Product: Documentation Reporter: Mathieu Simon <freebsd>
Component: Books & ArticlesAssignee: freebsd-doc (Nobody) <doc>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Some People CC: carlavilla
Priority: ---    
Version: Latest   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description Mathieu Simon 2014-11-20 10:39:39 UTC 
The Handbook says that if freebsd-update applies kernel patches the system has to be rebooted. However (thinking with the perspective of a user who is new to FreeBSD), how are they supposed to know what parts are kernel-related?

And then also is it necessary to reboot if a new kernel module gets installed or can it just be reloaded (if so - how?). 

Additionally if it doesn't interfere with the Handbook style, what about placing a link from the update page to "Managing Services in FreeBSD" i.e. 
... the affected applications [and services] should be restarted ...

I hope I'm not too picky - thanks for the great documentation that comes with FreeBSD :-)
Comment 1 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2020-01-23 20:42:14 UTC 
A commit references this bug:

Author: carlavilla
Date: Thu Jan 23 20:41:17 UTC 2020
New revision: 53811
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/53811

Log:
  Clarify when the user needs to reboot the system in the update section
  of the handbook

  PR:		195218
  Submitted by:	freebsd@simweb.ch
  Patch by:	carlavilla@
  Approved by:	bcr@(mentor)
  Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D23263

Changes:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml
Comment 2 Sergio Carlavilla Delgado freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2020-01-23 20:45:10 UTC 
Fixed.