On Sunday 30 Mar 2003 11:50 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Sunday March 30 2003 11:08 am, Angus Auld wrote: > > Thanks for the reply Tom. I am very confused as to the process > > here. I have upgraded my kernel once in 8.2, and again in 9.0. I > > thought that the idea of a src rpm was to rebuild it against your > > particular arch and hardware, and then install it like any other > > rpm. (using the correct method for kernel "install" rather than > > "upgrade" of course). What is the purpose of the .src.rpm for the > > kernel? > > You would rebuild that 2.4.19.32mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm for your system > and arch, but in the process you end with a sh!+load of kernels you > don't want or need. IE, the SMP kernel, the PPC kernel, Linus-kernel, > and several others. That's why it was so large and had so many > dependencies. IOW's it's a collection of all Mandrake source for > various kernels. You only need the kernel-source rpm for the type of > kernel you use. > > Sorry, I should'a explain that better in my earlier reply. But ya > really ough'ta read over the mandrakeuser.org kernel link. It usually > explains things better than I do. Actually the whole site does. I get > confused too ;) > http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/install/index.html#ku > > OTOH, let me interject some experienced opinion ( I always do > anyhow ;) Compiling for your specific arch above i586 will only > provide imagined improvement. Rarely anything measurable. Believe me, > I've been tryin to prove myself wrong on this for years. Pushin > optimizations too far will most often present more problems. Only the > little bit of software specifically optimized to take advantage, > would benefit anyway. Optimizing for Athlon FPU/cycle advantages > over Intel does provide a touch better performance, but mostly, with > most all apps, its imagined too.
And for evidence to prove Toms point http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=2472&lang=en Mandrake 9.0 with its 'generic' compiling was faster than the 'optimised' Gentoo derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net
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