Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel ricing

2013-10-30 Thread Grant
> The fact of the matter is this. If I knew back then, what I know > now, I would not even fart around with x86* architectures on keen > issues of minimization. There is so much going on with ARM. > Minimization is about low power. The paradigm shift to low > power (the lowest heat) allows for for

[gentoo-user] Re: Kernel ricing

2013-10-25 Thread James
Bruce Hill happypenguincomputers.com> writes: > Do you have a link for that? Is that cyanogenmod or whatever? This link popped up in 3 seconds using google: http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/mobile-phones/how-to-root-your-samsung-galaxy-s3-50008588/ Old hardware is the best to experiment around with

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel ricing

2013-10-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 24/10/2013 19:36, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2013-10-24 1:03 PM, Bruce Hill wrote: >> I'm not positive of it's architecture, but for 20 months I had a Samsung >> Galaxy S running Android. This was by far the biggest POS I ever >> owned. From >> the first week it spontaneously rebooted, hung, and the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel ricing

2013-10-24 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2013-10-24 1:51 PM, Bruce Hill wrote: On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 01:36:37PM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: Just because you got a phone that was bad, and didn't bother to get it replaced, doesn't make all Galaxy S4 phones as bad as yours. Hey, dipstick! Apparently you can't distinguish between S an

[gentoo-user] Re: Kernel ricing

2013-10-24 Thread James
Tanstaafl libertytrek.org> writes: > > On 2013-10-24 1:03 PM, Bruce Hill happypenguincomputers.com> wrote: > > I'm not positive of it's architecture, but for 20 months I had a Samsung > > Galaxy S running Android. This was by far the biggest POS I ever owned. From > > the first week it spontane

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel ricing

2013-10-24 Thread Bruce Hill
On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 01:36:37PM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > > Just because you got a phone that was bad, and didn't bother to get it > replaced, doesn't make all Galaxy S4 phones as bad as yours. Hey, dipstick! Apparently you can't distinguish between S and S4. :-) -- Happy Penguin Computers

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel ricing

2013-10-24 Thread Bruce Hill
On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 05:31:08PM +, James wrote: > > > > I'm not positive of it's architecture, but for 20 months I had a Samsung > > Galaxy S running Android. This was by far the biggest POS I ever owned. > >From > > th

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel ricing

2013-10-24 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2013-10-24 1:03 PM, Bruce Hill wrote: I'm not positive of it's architecture, but for 20 months I had a Samsung Galaxy S running Android. This was by far the biggest POS I ever owned. From the first week it spontaneously rebooted, hung, and the performance was horrible when it did run. I've s

[gentoo-user] Re: Kernel ricing

2013-10-24 Thread James
Bruce Hill happypenguincomputers.com> writes: > > specifically for tight target implementations. Samsung is killing > > the world, with ARM and open source linux. > > James > > I'm not positive of it's architecture, but for 20 months I had a Samsung

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel ricing

2013-10-24 Thread Bruce Hill
On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 03:26:05PM +, James wrote: > > specifically for tight target implementations. Samsung is killing > the world, with ARM and open source linux. > > James I'm not positive of it's architecture, but for 20 months I had a Samsung

[gentoo-user] Re: Kernel ricing

2013-10-24 Thread James
Adam Carter gmail.com> writes: > Some background: Wow!. Ok. Let me point out the obvious, that there are 2 basic ways to build a kernel: Natively on the local resources (CPU, ram etc) of the target system, and Cross Compiling. CrossCompiling is often much faster and even preferred, ymmv. Also

[gentoo-user] Re: Kernel ricing

2013-10-24 Thread James
Alan McKinnon gmail.com> writes: > I bet I'm an older fart than you are! nya-nya-nya-naa! tune of a teasing 6 year old) With all due respect, I was an " old-fart" in my youth. I use to love sitting around campfires with old hunter (gathers?) and shoot the shi about life. Beside my tant

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel ricing

2013-10-24 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 24/10/2013 17:26, James wrote: > Alan McKinnon gmail.com> writes: > > >> I now officially need new spectacles. I read -march=amdfam10 and my >> eyeballs told my brain it was "arm" >> > > As an old fart, to a fledgling old-fart; Now we can have a willy-waving contest! I bet I'm an older f

[gentoo-user] Re: Kernel ricing

2013-10-24 Thread James
Alan McKinnon gmail.com> writes: > I now officially need new spectacles. I read -march=amdfam10 and my > eyeballs told my brain it was "arm" > As an old fart, to a fledgling old-fart; its because ARM is taking over the world, that your brain performed this superposition transformation. Your gl