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From: Peter Chant on 26 Jan 2010 02:47
(null) wrote:

>
> *** Not only can you get the latest kernel, but you can also menuconfig it
> to take out all the hardware that you don't have. So you wind up with a
> smaller
> and faster kernel. There's an awful lot of hardware in a full-boat
> kernel. Admittedly, mostly in modules.

Unloaded modultes won't slow it. Apart from time to load the kernel does
other unused stuff have any effect?

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From: barnabyh on 26 Jan 2010 15:55
* Peter Chant <peteRE(a)MpeteOzilla.Vco.ukE> wrote:
> (null) wrote:
>
>>
>> *** Not only can you get the latest kernel, but you can also menuconfig it
>> to take out all the hardware that you don't have. So you wind up with a
>> smaller
>> and faster kernel. There's an awful lot of hardware in a full-boat
>> kernel. Admittedly, mostly in modules.
>
> Unloaded modultes won't slow it. Apart from time to load the kernel does
> other unused stuff have any effect?
>
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> http://www.petezilla.co.uk
>

Probably overrated on modern hardware. On a dual-core I can't notice any
difference between the fully loaded huge-smp and the modular one when
booting.
Same goes for an old single-processor AMD Duron actually. I'm not sure
that recompiling is worth it if the only objective is speed increase
either. How much is a split second worth to you?


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From: Aaron W. Hsu on 26 Jan 2010 20:14
On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:55:16 -0500, barnabyh <address(a)invalid.org> wrote:

> I'm not sure
> that recompiling is worth it if the only objective is speed increase
> either. How much is a split second worth to you?

I can definitely vouch for this. Compiling your kernel for speed or
optimization generally causes more trouble than it is worth. On the other
hand, if there is a module that is not compiled and you need it, you can
usually selectively compile only that module and integrate it in with an
existing generic kernel. If you want to do something else, more
specialized, then the usual mantra is, "If you need it, you won't be
asking about it."

Aaron W. Hsu

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