> I don't get that part, btw. In every situation you always need to update the kernel when security issues are detected. Not the GP, but he means that if you c

> I don't get that part, btw. In every situation you always need to update the kernel when security issues are detected. Not the GP, but he means that if you can't take downtime on a server to reboot with an updated kernel, then you have bigger problems than the kernel not being up-to-date. Because instead of a scheduled reboot, the server could crash, lose its disks, lose its power, etc. And if you can't take a scheduled reboot, how do you take those?