On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 05:52:57PM -0400, Alex V Flinsch wrote:
-> On Tue, 30 May 2000, you wrote:
-> > How about compiling a kernel that is optimized for your CPU at install
-> > time. How many times does one change CPU types after installing linux
-> > on that machine. ie. AFAIK my Athlon machine is running the same kernel
-> > as my K6-2's, it sure would be nice if when I installed linux would
-> > either prompt or detect my CPU and install/compile one that is optimized
-> > for my machine.
-> >
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-> If you are going down this path, why not recompile everything as it is being
-> installed? The major drawback would be that installation would take forever...
No it wouldn't. That's why he's got an Athlon. It'd do an infinite loop in
.83 microseconds. He probably has a cron job to grab the source RPMs,
recompile 'em and upgrade his machine in the background.
:-)
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-> Alex
-> (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
I am. :-)
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