On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 02:06:02 +0200 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-07-10 at 08:54 -0700, Mike McClain wrote: > > Howdy, > > > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 05:03:12PM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > > > > > > why people do compiling. i have heard many time that people are > > > compiling kernel on debian. > > > what is the reason for this? i am using debian for almost 1.5 year and > > > have been using it on different platform in CLI mode. but no need of > > > compiling in this time window. > > > > The kernel provided when you install Linux, Debian included, has to work > > on nearly every system out there so it includes drivers for nearly piece > > of hardware that can be installed in a PC. > > > > I always compile a kernel with only the hardware I have in my computer. > > This gives me a smaller memory footprint and a smaller disk footprint. > > > > It's all a matter of what you want. > > Those smaller footprints usually aren't needed for modern computers, > since we've usually got more than enough disc space and RAM. OTOH we > perhaps change some hardware from time to time and then we need > different modules. Perhaps a visitor has some hardware, that should work > on our computers. It's a dangerous balancing act. I wouldn't remove too > much. Then I'll reboot into a distro stock kernel, or rebuild. Don't forget, that on the modern hardware everyone is talking about, rebuilding a kernel is a fairly swift process. Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120710224748.9f15edd2.cele...@gmail.com
