On 17 February 2013 11:14, Kai Hendry <hen...@iki.fi> wrote: > Since gregkh maintains the stable kernels, I thought I'd take this > opportunity to bitch about the 3.7.x series ruining my life. > > My X220 overheats all the time. > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48721#c42 > > My wifi drops out all the time. > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48921 > > Also coming out of suspend is super unreliable again. Don't know who to > blame. > > Also doesn't help that I can't easily compile the bloated kernel > without setting fire to my machine or taking days out of my life to > unselect all the bits I don't need in the config. > > The Linux kernel is sucking. > http://royal.pingdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/linux-kernel.0011.jpg > > More lines doesn't necessarily make a project more sucky. Especially in the case of the Linux kernel, it's inevitable considering the requirement to support new hardware and new standards (which I don't think is a particularly sucky ideal, if done right).
As for removing all the things you don't need, you might want to look at http://kernel-seeds.org/ (but really, I don't understand the desire to recompile kernels in general use). Yes, the Linux kernel sucks in many ways, but the SLOC is not the reason. Chris
