Arthur Machlas put forth on 12/29/2009 10:06 AM:
> I read somewhere that although optimize for size will decrease the size
> of the kernel on the disk, not optimizing for size will increase the
> performance of the kernel, at least during the boot stage, as it won't
> be compressed and can be read
I read somewhere that although optimize for size will decrease the size of
the kernel on the disk, not optimizing for size will increase the
performance of the kernel, at least during the boot stage, as it won't be
compressed and can be read without having to uncompress it first. Is this
mistaken?
On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:37:11 -0500
Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Sun December 27 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> > Seconded. Way to go Paul. Many people have surrendered due to frustration
> > and given up building a custom kernel. Kudos to you for sticking it out
> > until you got it the first tim
On Sun December 27 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> --
> Stan
>
> P.S. If you care to diff the files or just manually browse for
> differences, here's the .config that results in my 1.5MB kernel package.
> Also note that I do not use an initrd, but boot the kernel directly, and
> that this is a headl
On Sun December 27 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> P.S. If you care to diff the files or just manually browse for
> differences, here's the .config that results in my 1.5MB kernel package.
> Also note that I do
oh, and THANKS! I almost overlooked the bottom part of your message, I thought
it was t
On Sun December 27 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> Seconded. Way to go Paul. Many people have surrendered due to frustration
> and given up building a custom kernel. Kudos to you for sticking it out
> until you got it the first time. As Dave states, building others gets
> easier over time as you l
Steve Kemp put forth on 12/27/2009 10:15 PM:
> On Sun Dec 27, 2009 at 20:37:49 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>
>> P.S. If you care to diff the files or just manually browse for differences,
>> here's the .config that results in my 1.5MB kernel package.
>
> Seriously there's no need to post such
On Sun Dec 27, 2009 at 20:37:49 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> P.S. If you care to diff the files or just manually browse for differences,
> here's the .config that results in my 1.5MB kernel package.
Seriously there's no need to post such a huge .config file to the
list. Next time please co
Dave Witbrodt put forth on 12/27/2009 12:16 PM:
> Paul Cartwright wrote:
>> on my 4-year old Dell laptop, running Ubuntu, I now have a nice new
>> 2.6.32.1 kernel running! at first it couldn't boot, then I noticed
>> that there was no initrd.. I "forgot" that option... once I built it
>> again, it
Paul Cartwright wrote:
so, the config file works over & over? even for different kernels?
Not exactly, but almost. When a new kernel is released, you can reuse
most of your old .config by copying it into your Linux source top-level
directory and running 'make oldconfig'. This answers the lo
On Sun, 27 Dec 2009, Dave Witbrodt wrote:
> Paul Cartwright wrote:
> > on my 4-year old Dell laptop, running Ubuntu, I now have a nice
> > new 2.6.32.1 kernel running! at first it couldn't boot, then I
> > noticed that there was no initrd.. I "forgot" that option... once
> > I built it again, it n
On Sun December 27 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > I don't remember seeing an option for that..
>
> if you're doing a kernel config, search for the string IKCONFIG.
>
I didn't know there was a SEARCH function!!
wow! general-kernel .config option..
that was easy, thanks!
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Paul Cartwright
Re
On Sun, 27 Dec 2009, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Sun December 27 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > make sure you select /proc/config.gz support so that you can recover
> > your .config file for your running kernel from that file.
>
> I don't remember seeing an option for that..
if you're doin
On Sun December 27 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> make sure you select /proc/config.gz support so that you can recover
> your .config file for your running kernel from that file.
I don't remember seeing an option for that..
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Paul Cartwright
Registered Linux user # 367800
Registered Ubuntu U
Paul Cartwright wrote:
on my 4-year old Dell laptop, running Ubuntu, I now have a nice new 2.6.32.1
kernel running! at first it couldn't boot, then I noticed that there was no
initrd.. I "forgot" that option... once I built it again, it now boots.
SO, I just have to go back through and make it
On Sun December 27 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> Have you tried pressing "H" for Help, on each feature or feature class?
> Note what help tells you. In many/most cases Help will assist you in
> figuring out whether you need a given feature or not.
on my 4-year old Dell laptop, running Ubuntu, I n
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