On Monday 24 July 2006 09:13, Chuckk Hubbard wrote: > I just stumbled on these instructions: > http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/202/1/ > > I'm mainly interested in fixing my kernel timer resolution to be fine > enough for Rosegarden MIDI, but I'm curious about kernel making all > the same. > I'm using the AGNULA 2.6.14-1-multimedia kernel headers. I have two > main questions about this process. > 1) Where might I find options for kernel timer resolution, and > 2) Would it make my system faster or more efficient to remove support > for, say, soundcards I don't have? Or other hardware I know I don't > have? > [...]
My suggestion would be to google for some recent and more Debian-specific kernel-compile how-to's; for example, using make-kpkg makes it a lot simpler by making a .deb kernel package you can then install just like a regular package. You do have to move /lib/modules/$KERNEL_VERSION out of the way if you are re-compiling the same kernel version, but I think you get prompted for that. Your questions: 1) The timer resolution option is under "Processor type and features", near the bottom. 2) You can certainly make your kernel a lot smaller this way (mine is a quarter the size of the vanilla one) but whether it's actually faster is not immediately obvious to me. HTH, John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]