well, the speed benefits might be negledgable on mandrake, because the kernel is already compiled for a i586 machine..
If however it was a distro that was compiled for i386,, and you had a PIII, athlon or P4, then recompiling could make a significant difference.. the memory footprint could be made smaller by only compiling support for your exact hardware, as opposed to the generic hardware support of the normal kernels.. in addition as you said is the patching and addition of new hardare, features etc... I used to do it all the time, I stopped about a year or 2 ago,, just wasn't worth the effort to me. rgds Franki -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of T E Sent: Wednesday, 2 April 2003 10:16 PM To: exp-mdk Subject: [expert] Benefits of recompiling the kernel Hi all, I have searched the web for the answer to my question but have found conflicting info. So I turn to you, experts! What exactly are the benefits of recompling the kernel (besides support for new device)? I have asked this question before, and was told that it optimizes the system to work more efficiently. However after reading: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/install/kupgrade.html The writer states he has never seen kernel recompling produce a faster machine. Other posts on the web seem to hint that kernel recompiling is a thing of the past or a signal . Whats the deal here? I've tried recompling before on mandrake 8.2 and have had mixed results. However, I noticed that you have the option to specify the processor type (which makes me think that would make it perform faster?). TIA __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com
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