On 7/26/2011 9:15 AM, Frank McCormick wrote: > Never assume :) So, if you were me, which options would you include > or drop...I don't need PAE (one gig of memory in this machine) and I now > know it's not a multi-core, so CONFIG_X86_SMP is the only one needed ?? > I have compiled kernels before (started off with Slackware6 or 7 years > ago) but have never needed to since Debian.
Cool, you should be prepared then. I'd use menuconfig. Under "Processor type and features": Select Symmetric multi-processing support Select Processor Family-->Pentium-4/Celeron... Set Maximum # of CPUs to 2 Select SMT (HyperThreading) scheduler support Set High Memory Support to OFF or 4GB, but not to 64GB Unselect Multi-core scheduler support Unselect PAE There may be other options you need to tweak here and in other config areas. For example you'll probably want to enable lodable module support, and to build your SATA and ethernet drivers into the kernel. Personally I build everything I need into my kernels and nothing I don't need, and I disable loadable module support unless I need iptables support on a particular box. I don't use initramfs. I only use Linux on headless servers, so I omit things like USB support, and I disable power management. I only build in filesystems I will use, which are ext2 and XFS, ext2 for /boot and the root filesystem, XFS for everything else. I build the firmware blob in. Etc, etc. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e2eeb03.4080...@hardwarefreak.com
