Re: [gentoo-server] binary kernel package

[Ramon van Alteren <ramon@vanalteren.nl>]

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Thilo Bangert wrote:
| Ramon van Alteren <ramon@vanalteren.nl> said:
|> What's wrong with building your stage4 with catalyst and have it
|> include a kernel ?
|
| and what do you do after a weekend like this one: kernel upgrade on 1300
| hosts?

What would you do ?
But yes if there's a kernel vurnerability that affects our environment
we upgrade kernels on all servers starting with the internet-facing ones.

Although the question is interesting I fail to see any relevance to
installing (or upgrading) kernels in a automated manner.
Actually I'd say that if you have a trusted and well-defined automated
way to build and install/upgrade kernels you're actually better off.

|> We use catalyst to generate all our install images and catalyst uses
|> genkernel internally to include it in the image. Just specify which
|> kernel you'd like and provide a .config for it.
|>
|> We've installed 1300 servers that way, I'll personally guarantee you
|> that it works :-D
|
| :)
| thats more than good enough for me.

Grin, no thanks.
It also helps in other ways: You gain repeatable image builds including
kernels so after a weekend like this one you can easily rebuild your
kernel + image and *just* distribute the updated kernel to your serverpark.

Ramon
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