You can always configure the kernel as to leave out some features... But if you're looking for a performance-based kernel, don't use the vanilla sources from kernel.org, use a more optimized one like Gentoo (www.gentoo.org) or even Redhat's would be more optomized than the vanilla sources.
--- Scott Carmichael http://jobeus.net/ Guillaume Rava said on 05.30.03 at 16:14: > Hi all, > I have for project to make a dedicated Xmame machine from an old PC > (333MHz) and a TV-out video card (and a small HD, no CD, no floppy, no > Ethernet, just a serial port for maintenance). > Even though I do not intend to run power-consuming games (only 80's > games), I want to optimize the machine for best performance. > Some optimizations are no-brainer: for example, no need to install a > firewall, and xinetd will only have a telnet daemon and an ftp server > running (for maintenance through the serial port). Also, no need for > KDE, Gnome and such, just X and twm should be enough. > > But what do you think about the kernel? > Using the latest kernel-du-jour doesn't seem to be the obvious choice to > me, as it has a bunch of features (and more features = more CPU load) > useless to an isolated dedicated machine running only one app, Xmame. > > Any advice? > _______________________________________________ Xmame mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://toybox.twisted.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/xmame
