> > Actually one more thing, any benefits to doing this? Besides the geek
> > satisfaction that all of us get from compiling a new kernel.
>
> I think self-compiling kernels is generally overrated. I'd suggest
> trying pre-packaged kernels from sid first.
>
Pre-packaged kernels from sid. Will th
Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 12:50:23PM -0800, Bob McGowan wrote:
Well, the primary advantage to rolling your own is that you can customize the kernel for your
hardware.
Generic kernels include drivers for all sorts of things, most of which you
don't have.
This can reduc
Bob McGowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Generic kernels include drivers for all sorts of things, most of which
> you don't have.
>
> This can reduce the size of the kernel, which can translate into
> faster operations, as well as reduced space needed to hold it (and the
> modules you build, if an
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 12:50:23PM -0800, Bob McGowan wrote:
> Well, the primary advantage to rolling your own is that you can customize the
> kernel for your
> hardware.
>
> Generic kernels include drivers for all sorts of things, most of which you
> don't have.
>
> This can reduce the size
Amit Uttamchandani wrote:
Hey guys,
I apologize for the fairly primitive question. But I have been fairly curious
as to the advantages of compiling the most recent kernels.
As I understand, the new kernel has a new scheduler (CFS). Haven't seen much
benchmarks but the early ones I have seen s
On Jan 31, 2008 7:43 AM, Amit Uttamchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> I apologize for the fairly primitive question. But I have been fairly curious
> as to the advantages of compiling the most recent kernels.
>
> As I understand, the new kernel has a new scheduler (CFS). Haven't s
On Jan 31, 2008 10:59 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 22:43 -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote:
> > Actually one more thing, any benefits to doing this? Besides the geek
> > satisfaction that all of us get from compiling a new kernel.
>
> I think self-compiling kernels is generally
On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 22:43 -0800, Amit Uttamchandani wrote:
>
> As I understand, the new kernel has a new scheduler (CFS). Haven't
> seen much benchmarks but the early ones I have seen showed some fairly
> decent performance gains.
CFS was in 2.6.23 already and actually has some issues in 2.6.2
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