Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A pared down kernel config

2008-01-07 Thread Florian Philipp
On Sun, 2008-01-06 at 17:15 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Florian Philipp [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There's a reason for the existence of genkernel - it's so that you don't have to go through all this pain and suffering, and can instead remove stuff a bit at a time with reasonable

[gentoo-user] Re: A pared down kernel config

2008-01-07 Thread reader
Florian Philipp [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I guess it would be harmless to just run the `make modules_intall' part again and catch a list. I think you search for modprobe -l :) Wow... and egad, look at this: modprobe -l|wc -l 945 That is a kernel built with genkernel --

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A pared down kernel config

2008-01-06 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 06 January 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People in this thread speak of 2 and 3 boots and editing in between in the same message where `5 minutes' is mentioned.  That doesn't wash. You're way past that time frame.  But still not in the guiness book realm I guess... hehe. I guess

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A pared down kernel config

2008-01-06 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Sunday 06 January 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Erik [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev: Then you are stuck figuring out what on earth a hypervisor is. Alt+F2 wp:hypervisor ENTER Hey thats a pretty neat trick. Now if I wondered if that would be important since I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A pared down kernel config

2008-01-06 Thread Jan-Hendrik Zab
On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 10:58:12 +0400 Yahya Mohammad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to know more on this... Is there really any reason to worry about kernel size... I mean in most cases with a standard desktop install? yes. Bigger kernel = more cpu cache used up = slower system.

[gentoo-user] Re: A pared down kernel config

2008-01-06 Thread reader
Florian Philipp [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There's a reason for the existence of genkernel - it's so that you don't have to go through all this pain and suffering, and can instead remove stuff a bit at a time with reasonable confidence it won;t blow up in your face :-) There is a fairly

[gentoo-user] Re: A pared down kernel config

2008-01-05 Thread reader
Hemmann, Volker Armin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Samstag, 5. Januar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you want to read this: http://www.kroah.com/lkn/ Thanks... I'm getting started now. configuring a kernel is a matter of minutes. And seconds, if you just copy over the old config and do

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A pared down kernel config

2008-01-05 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Samstag, 5. Januar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hemmann, Volker Armin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Samstag, 5. Januar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you want to read this: http://www.kroah.com/lkn/ Thanks... I'm getting started now. configuring a kernel is a matter of minutes.

[gentoo-user] Re: A pared down kernel config

2008-01-05 Thread reader
Hemmann, Volker Armin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think this is heading in direction different from what I intended. You seem to be arguing that it can be done quickly... I don't disagree with you. If like you say you mostly follow what ever is default unless you know what you are doing. But

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A pared down kernel config

2008-01-05 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 05 January 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: to de-junk a default config - even if you don't know what you do, is in realm of half an hour to an hour. If you read everything. Do you have a de-junked .config that I can diff against the default.. it would be a way to see what kinds

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A pared down kernel config

2008-01-05 Thread Erik
[EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev: Then you are stuck figuring out what on earth a hypervisor is. Alt+F2 wp:hypervisor ENTER -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] Re: A pared down kernel config

2008-01-05 Thread reader
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Saturday 05 January 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: to de-junk a default config - even if you don't know what you do, is in realm of half an hour to an hour. If you read everything. Do you have a de-junked .config that I can diff against the

[gentoo-user] Re: A pared down kernel config

2008-01-05 Thread reader
Erik [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev: Then you are stuck figuring out what on earth a hypervisor is. Alt+F2 wp:hypervisor ENTER Hey thats a pretty neat trick. Now if I wondered if that would be important since I plan to run a vmware application... I will take more

[gentoo-user] Re: A pared down kernel config

2008-01-05 Thread reader
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Like I said in an earlier mail, Do you mean on this thread? If so I must have some trouble with my newsreader threading or something... I don't see it here. Haa I see it now... and it looks like I brought up exactly some of what you covered there (scsi).

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A pared down kernel config

2008-01-05 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Sonntag, 6. Januar 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Saturday 05 January 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: to de-junk a default config - even if you don't know what you do, is in realm of half an hour to an hour. If you read everything. Do you

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A pared down kernel config

2008-01-05 Thread Yahya Mohammad
Just to know more on this... Is there really any reason to worry about kernel size... I mean in most cases with a standard desktop install? yes. Bigger kernel = more cpu cache used up = slower system. Does all of the kernel reside in cpu cache all the time? Or can parts of it get moved