Re: [expert] Benefits of recompiling the kernel

2003-04-04 Thread Joan Tur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Es Dijous 03 Abril 2003 23:07, en Kwan Lowe va escriure: On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 15:35, Joan Tur wrote: Well there's something that's going to happen: the memory the kernel uses is lower if you compile it with only the options you're going to need.

Re: [expert] Benefits of recompiling the kernel

2003-04-03 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday April 2 2003 04:48 pm, Kwan Lowe wrote: A kernel recompile won't produce a faster machine (at least, not in the conventional sense). It can, however, make the perceived speed of the machine seem faster. For example, some of the low latency and pre-emptible kernel patches for the

Re: [expert] Benefits of recompiling the kernel

2003-04-03 Thread Robert Crawford
Kwan, I would think that since that doc was written in Sept. 2001 before the new gcc was in use, that trying to optimize newer cpus with an outdated gcc lacking the options those cpus offer would not make much difference- thus the negative opinion. Apparently, cpu development outpaces versions

Re: [expert] Benefits of recompiling the kernel

2003-04-03 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 11:29, Robert Crawford wrote: Kwan, I would think that since that doc was written in Sept. 2001 before the new gcc was in use, that trying to optimize newer cpus with an outdated gcc lacking the options those cpus offer would not make much difference- thus the

Re: [expert] Benefits of recompiling the kernel

2003-04-03 Thread Joan Tur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Es Dijous 03 Abril 2003 00:48, en Kwan Lowe va escriure: A kernel recompile won't produce a faster machine (at least, not in the conventional sense). Well there's something that's going to happen: the memory the kernel uses is lower if you compile

Re: [expert] Benefits of recompiling the kernel

2003-04-03 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 15:35, Joan Tur wrote: Well there's something that's going to happen: the memory the kernel uses is lower if you compile it with only the options you're going to need. 2 examples: 1. Laptop, 224MB RAM, from 101 to 80MB (MDK 9.1): 21MB memory saved. 2. Server, 72MB

[expert] Benefits of recompiling the kernel

2003-04-02 Thread T E
Hi all, I have searched the web for the answer to my question but have found conflicting info. So I turn to you, experts! What exactly are the benefits of recompling the kernel (besides support for new device)? I have asked this question before, and was told that it optimizes the system to

RE: [expert] Benefits of recompiling the kernel

2003-04-02 Thread Frankie
the effort to me. rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of T E Sent: Wednesday, 2 April 2003 10:16 PM To: exp-mdk Subject: [expert] Benefits of recompiling the kernel Hi all, I have searched the web for the answer to my question but have

Re: [expert] Benefits of recompiling the kernel

2003-04-02 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 06:16:09 -0800 (PST), T E [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I have searched the web for the answer to my question but have found conflicting info. So I turn to you, experts! What exactly are the benefits of recompling the kernel (besides support for new device)? I

Re: [expert] Benefits of recompiling the kernel

2003-04-02 Thread Shamot
Where can I download such a patch ? Dne st 2. duben 2003 16:53 Sridhar Dhanapalan napsal(a): On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 06:16:09 -0800 (PST), T E [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I have searched the web for the answer to my question but have found conflicting info. So I turn to you, experts!

Re: [expert] Benefits of recompiling the kernel

2003-04-02 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
The Gentoo kernel patch? You can get it from any Gentoo mirror: http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 17:15:49 +0200, Shamot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where can I download such a patch ? Dne st 2. duben 2003 16:53 Sridhar Dhanapalan napsal(a): On Wed, 2 Apr 2003

Re: [expert] Benefits of recompiling the kernel

2003-04-02 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 09:16, T E wrote: Hi all, I have searched the web for the answer to my question but have found conflicting info. So I turn to you, experts! What exactly are the benefits of recompling the kernel (besides support for new device)? I have asked this question