From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 7 23:15: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01EF114D28 for ; Mon, 7 Jun 1999 23:14:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA25516; Tue, 8 Jun 1999 00:14:42 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id AAA03298; Tue, 8 Jun 1999 00:13:02 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199906080613.AAA03298@harmony.village.org> To: Robert Huff Subject: Re: Kernel config script Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 31 May 1999 09:07:41 EDT." <14162.35022.502546.522089@r84aap011262.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com> References: <14162.35022.502546.522089@r84aap011262.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com> Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 00:13:02 -0600 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <14162.35022.502546.522089@r84aap011262.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com> Robert Huff writes: : How often _do_ people rebuild their kernels? (On non-testing : machines.) On my stable machines never, or very rarely. I have machines in my basement that tend to have 200-500 day uptimes between reboots (I like my UPS), and I put a new kernel on every 10 reboots or so (note that just because we typically have 200 day uptimes doesn't mean it is 2000 days since I last rebuilt the kernel). On the machine I'm typing on right now, it varies from every couple of minutes to every couple of weeks. I do a 'config HARMONY' only when required. On the machines at work in the test lab, I build between 50 and 200 kernels in a week. I do about 1 config a week, since the kernel is fairly stable (we don't track -current or -stable, but pick good points in time), modulo whatever bug(s) I'm working on. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message