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Date:      Tue, 08 Jun 1999 00:13:02 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
To:        Robert Huff <roberthuff@pop.erols.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Kernel config script 
Message-ID:  <199906080613.AAA03298@harmony.village.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> 
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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


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