Rob Hudson wrote: > I don't know what would be the best way to go about this since the > options list for kernels are quite long... but I often go through the > kernel configuration and wonder if I shouldn't be using certain > features. I feel like I know just enough to build my own kernel for my > system and get the major parts working, but I also feel like there are > some features I'm not quite sure about (eg: microcode support, local > APIC support, CMD640 bugfix support, etc).
Picking the best kernel options is a research project. You can either turn a bunch of stuff on and see what happens, or you can spend a long time enabling, building and testing each option of interest. I usually do the latter, but I always have a long backlog of kernel settings I want to try. (I don't like rebooting.) I agree that it would be a good presentation topic, but I think it's too broad. Sort of like you wouldn't want a talk on "files in /etc". (-: Maybe a talk on APM/ACPI would be good, or on hotplugging. -- Bob Miller K<bob> kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
