On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:12, Jose Alberto Guzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As for the time consuming job part, it may be so, if your hardware is > something like a pentium mmx, nowadays it takes less than 3 or 4 minutes > to recompile a 2.4, and maybe other 3 or 4 mins. from reboot to login > prompt.
If you compile a kernel that has the bare minimum of features needed for one machine then this may be the case. If you compile a kernel suitable for many machines on a low-end P3 machine (such as the P3-650 I use) then it can take quite a bit longer. Also there is the issue of maintaining kernel patches where necessary and testing. The release of a new kernel demands a minimum of 6 hours work for me, although that includes producing 4 different kernel-patch packages for Debian... But there are kernel-image packages available which remove a lot of this work. -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
