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.
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Karel Volný
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