-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:33:59 +0200 > Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> David Baron wrote: >>> I compile my own to dispense with initrd and use realtime-lsm, also a >>> version >>> with the real-time preemptive patch or ovz and such. >>> >>> I am not making the kernel to be a universal package so I guess I really do >>> not need all those modules, do I? I have already dispensed with OSS. I have >>> a >>> "normal" 10-T 8139 ethernet card. A few sound devices, and intel chipset >>> with >>> intel agpgart. I compile the proprietory nvidia driver. So. >>> >>> Can I simply get rid of all the decnet, ieee stuff, isdn and such? I >>> compile >>> in what yaird -test says I need and what I found necessary for correct alsa >>> loading, ext3fs, etc. >>> >>> >> If you are rolling your own kernel and not planning on sharing with >> others, nor do you plan on changing the hardware in your machine, then >> of course you can choose to get rid of the unnecessary things in your >> kernel, nor do you need to make a module for things you're not likely to >> ever have. >> >> But, always a but, if you ever do get new hardware, it won't work until >> you rebuild the kernel, and you can forget about updates for security or >> better functionality (bug fixes). > > Well, if he builds from a debian source package, then he'll get updates > to that package, at which point he'll be able to consider upgrading the > source package and rebuilding the kernel.
True. Good point. Either way it is rebuilding though. Not a big hassle if you already know how to do it. IMO, it becomes a bit tedious after a while. I gave up and use stock kernels now. The minor benefits I could achieve by rolling my own are negligible. And since my version of Sid (Sidux) gets kernel updates every week or so, it would be a frequent rebuild and IMO, not really worth it. It's bad enough having to rebuild the kernel modules for the video and my VM each time. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGJGwhiXBCVWpc5J4RAh3eAJ4rGEdrNSg7ZSB7MuJ1+JnHXMZ2FQCeM5q+ fqdlPb/y/UK/NIvfbhi5zdM= =HbYA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
