On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 01:38:42PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > IMHO, with the current 2.4.* setup, the difference between compiling your > own and using the preexisting one is so minimal that most people will be > able to use the precompiled one rather than building their own.
Fair enough. But what about the difference between machine-dependant optimisation? Perhaps the difference between i386 and PIII is so minimal that most people will be able to use the precompiled i386-image? At least those were the rumours I heard some time ago. Did someone investigate this?
