On Sonntag, 6. Januar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Saturday 05 January 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > to de-junk a default config - even if you don't know what you do, > >> > is in realm of half an hour to an hour. If you read everything. > >> > >> Do you have a de-junked .config that I can diff against the > >> default.. it would be a way to see what kinds of things get dropped. > > > > Drivers for stuff you don't need and you will likely never use. Like ham > > radio stuff, v4linux (first version), I20, on a notebook all the > > enterprise-grade connect-a-machine-to-storage-stuff like iSCSI and > > Infiniband, all of ISA and MCA and the pre-pci bus drivers, old disk > > types like mfm and on modern boards usually even IDE as well. > > Thanks... but you hit on something there that can throw you. > scsi stuff.
you need scsi for: sata harddisk sata cdroms usb sticks usb harddrives usb cdroms (like in an external case) usb card readers. In fact, if you enable sata, scsi harddisk support is enabled automatically. > > I've never used a scsi hard drive in my life but not that long ago > linux users needed scsi support for many of the cdrom drives. no. You never needed scsi for 'standard' atapi cdrom drives. Once upon a time you needed scsi-ide emulation for burning and even that is gone. > I doubt > that is still the case but it might be. But my point is that even > when you think you know something isn't needed it might be in some > context you haven't thought of. well, the scsi-usb relation is explained in the help texts. > > People in this thread speak of 2 and 3 boots and editing in between in > the same message where `5 minutes' is mentioned. That doesn't wash. > You're way past that time frame. But still not in the guiness book > realm I guess... hehe. since the kernel make system is smart, only the stuff that changed is redone. So 3 reboots+2recompiles are easily done in 5minutes. > > Just to know more on this... Is there really any reason to worry about > kernel size... I mean in most cases with a standard desktop install? > yes. Bigger kernel = more cpu cache used up = slower system. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
