Raspberry Pi OS • 2 kernel versions on PiOS Bookworm

I installed PiOS 64-bit bookworm from scratch, then added the gnome desktop. I added needsrestart to apt.conf.d , and every time I do an update, I get a message saying that it is running kernel 6.6.51+rpt-rpi-2712 but it expects 6.6.51+rpt-rpi-v8. I notice that both are installed -- /boot/firmware has initramfs_2712 and kernel_2712.img, but also initramfs8 and kernel8.img. The system is indeed running 2712:

greenman@stripie:~ $ uname -a
Linux stripie 6.6.51+rpt-rpi-2712 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.6.51-1+rpt3 (2024-10-08) aarch64 GNU/Linux
and
greenman@stripie:~ $ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:Debian
Description:Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Release:12
Codename:bookworm

So which kernel should it be running? If it should be v8, then how do I switch? There is nothing in config.txt that mentions which kernel to load, but it does have :

# Automatically load initramfs files, if found
auto_initramfs=1

# Run in 64-bit mode
arm_64bit=1

cmdline.txt is:

console=serial0,115200 console=tty1 root=LABEL=rootfs rootfstype=ext4 fsck.repair=yes rootwait cfg80211.ieee80211_regdom=US

So if I should be using v8, how do I switch?

Statistics: Posted by doctordruidphd — Fri Nov 08, 2024 9:43 pm — Replies 0 — Views 14

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