How do you update firmware without rebooting for 3 years? And no it's a stupid idea to use Ksplice for that long and I'm 99.9% sure that OP didn't use Ksplice o

How do you update firmware without rebooting for 3 years? And no it's a stupid idea to use Ksplice for that long and I'm 99.9% sure that OP didn't use Ksplice or similar solution anyway, it's just bad mgmt.