replacement builder needed

Karel Volný kvolny at redhat.com
Mon Oct 31 15:46:14 CET 2011


On Saturday 29 of October 2011 03:28:15 Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Karel Volný wrote:
> > last time I've recompiled kernel it was on my Gentoo box and
> > it took about five minutes - oh my ...
> > 
> > /me hides :-)
> 
> It takes much less time to build a kernel configured
> specifically for your machine, with only the modules you need
> (compiled in or as module shouldn't matter), than to build a
> distro kernel, which has to build almost all modules in
> existence.

I know ... I just deemed it an interesting comparison, although 
completely useless

> But of course, you have to know what you're doing
> to configure a custom kernel, and it also takes time (YOUR
> time, not just your computer's) to configure it.

which isn't a bad thing after all, because at least learn 
something

and 'make oldconfig' is such a wonderful command ...

K.

-- 
Karel Volný
QE BaseOs/Daemons Team
Red Hat Czech, Brno
tel. +420 532294274
(RH: +420 532294111 ext. 8262074)
xmpp kavol at jabber.cz
:: "Never attribute to malice what can
::  easily be explained by stupidity."
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 198 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part.
Url : http://lists.rpmfusion.org/pipermail/rpmfusion-developers/attachments/20111031/08ebe557/attachment.bin


More information about the rpmfusion-developers mailing list