@boriar, thank you for the link, I would not have thought of it.
@myki, thank you for proposing a new name. I am still not yet happy with it. "full update" seems to amplify further the idea suggested by "partial update", namely that the "partial update" eaves something out. But this is not necessarily the case. The real problem, I think, is with the designation "partial update". What the "partial update" does is basically a regular update, with the exception that it leaves those parts out that disable KSM, IF such parts are included in the update.
Rule of thumb:
If you install an original Kobo firmware update package, select the "partial update".
If you install advboot, select the "update", because in this case you want to disable KSM.
If you install a KoboRoot.tgz that belongs to KSM (if it is provided by me), select "update".
Other cases (known to me): It does not really matter, but select "update", because it is more efficient.
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Originally Posted by myki
... and that is not very clear to me, as I don't know anything about rcS, usb and the content of KoboRoot.tgz, which (if I anderstand well) depends on the firmware and hacks 
And the result is to say that "full update" clears KSM, "partial update" keeps KSM and that's it, but for prudent persons and for people interested in knowing what they do, it may be not enough. |
This is exactly the point. Everybody can provide a KoboRoot.tgz. And I cannot know about each (possibly future) KoboRoot.tgz whether it does contain rcS and so on or not Therefore, I cannot say whether installing this or that entire KoboRoot.tgz will clear KSM or not.