Do you know it the later kernels (later than 2.2.13-7) support dma transfers by default? I know the 2.2.13-7 does not. Just interested. Larry -----Original Message----- From: Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, November 19, 1999 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Instructions to Compile Mandrake 6.1 >On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, you wrote: >> Steve suggested: remove the >> "preferred-stack-boundary=2" line from both the files >> /usr/src/linux/Makefile & /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/Makefile >> with an editor (eg. pico,or theKDE one, probably eaiser >> to use ) & save... otherwise you will get an error (in >> 13-7mdk , dont know about 13-22mdk) >> Does recompiling increase performance much? >> I don't really need to for anything, but it would be great >> if it increased performance >> >> -Warren > > I recently compiled a kernel just to see how to do it, and >to see if I could get lm_sensors working. The kernel worked, no >such luck with sensors tho. ;-( I also tried -29mdk, but couldn't >get it to compile successfully. > > I went thru every option in config and enabled the bare min. >for my hardware. I've done a lot of benching lately 'cause I >recently changed from a P2-350@467 to a P3-450@567. My lean and >mean (2.2.13-7tom from -7mdk source) was no quicker at all than any >of several 'ready' made' kernels I've tried. I also tried a ready >made 2.3.21-3mdk kernel and it was quicker. > > One exception, the ready made 2.2.13-22mdk recognized my cpu >and enabled Katmai (P3) optimizations, so mdesg said. It was the >slowest kernel I've tried. -7mdk and -28mdk seem to be the best, >but that's prob'ly system dependent (?) I suspect tho, that a >compiled from source kernel might show more benefit on older, >slower hardware. (?) > -- >.. Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > >
