kernel_func () {
	distro="$(awk -F= '/^ID/ {print $NF}' /etc/os-release)" 
	if [[ "${distro}" == arch ]]
	then
		package="$(pacman -Q \
            | grep -vE -- '-(firmware|api|keyring|linux|docs|headers)' \
            | grep linux | awk '{print $1}')" 
		current_kernel=$(uname -r) 
		next_kernel="$(pacman -Q | grep "${package}" \
            | awk '{print $NF}' | tail -1 | tr -d '\n')" 
		current_ucode=$(awk -F'[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*' '/microcode/ {print $2}' /proc/cpuinfo | uniq) 
		if whence iucode_tool &> /dev/null
		then
			next_ucode=$(iucode_tool -lqS /lib/firmware/intel-ucode/ | grep -Po 'rev 0x\d+' | tr -d '[rev ]' | tail -1) 
		fi
		if [[ "${current_kernel}" =~ ${next_kernel} ]]
		then
			if [[ -n "${next_ucode}" ]] && [[ "${current_ucode}" == ${next_ucode} ]]
			then
				print -P "[%F{#00ff00}OK%f]"
			else
				print -P "[%F{yellow}needs reboot%f]"
			fi
		else
			print -P "[%F{yellow}needs reboot%f]"
		fi
	elif [[ "${distro}" == debian ]]
	then
		current_kernel="$(uname -v | awk '{print $5}')" 
		next_kernel="$(dpkg -l | grep -P '^ii\s+linux-image' | awk '{print $3}' \
            | sort -Vu | tail -1)" 
		if [[ "${current_kernel}" == ${next_kernel} ]]
		then
			print -P "[%F{#00ff00}OK%f]"
		else
			print -P "[%F{yellow}needs reboot%f]"
		fi
	fi
}