On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 23:39, Florent BERANGER wrote: > Le Jeudi 29 Août 2002 15:26, Guillaume Rousse a écrit : > > Le Jeudi 29 Août 2002 15:00, Florent BERANGER a écrit : > > > A kernel without desktop modules -> faster start. > > > > What do you call desktop modules ? those corresponding > to hardware which > > isunlikely to be found on laptops ? > > yes
I don't know about excluding modules, but I for one would be thrilled to see a mandrake kernel patched with the current ACPI stuff, or a working version of acpi or something. Likewise, I heard rumours some time ago of a patch for the kernel that modified the disk-cache flushing algorithm to extend battery life on laptops. There's also the soft-suspend patch which would be great. > ok. In fact, I find the start too long and I try to find > ways to make it start faster (I don't have many services > at startup). do you have a dhcp timeout specified? one thing that would help boot up times (as I understand it) would be a move to dependency based init scipts - that way stuff could start in parallel which (theoretically) improves boot times. Just my 2c. James.