On Saturday 01 October 2005 14:59, gentuxx wrote:
> > - Mark Shields
>
> IIRC, RedHat kernels are relatively generic in that they have almost
> everything turned on, and/or build the modules so that they can
> maximize the hardware compatibility. So it is likely that there will
> be tones of stuff that was turned on, or had modules build for it,
> that you didn't need. The same will likely be the case for the gentoo
> kernel. You're best bet is to spend the time on one system going
> through each kernel option (within reason), if you don't know what it
> does, read the help and/or turn it off (it will give a recommended
> setting in the Help). Once you've got your config, use that to build
> the kernels for the rest fo your systems.
>
> I know it's a lot of work, but once you've done it, subsequent
> configs/compiles for kernel upgrades, security patches, etc. will go
> MUCH faster. 1) Because you'll have a pre-defined kernel config. 2)
> You'll know what most of the kernel options are (at least
> superficially) and which ones you need enabled. You'll just have to
> read the help for any new ones that pop up. ;-)
>
> HTH
>
I've done all that, in terms of drivers/features turned on/off/modules. I
meant more in terms of things like threads per process, processes per user
(ulimit and friends), max data stack, that sort of thing.
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