Re: [LAU] 64-bit kernel 3.x deb package?

From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@email-addr-hidden-dsl.net>
Date: Fri Aug 10 2012 - 16:31:28 EEST

On Thu, 2012-08-09 at 12:46 +0200, Robin Gareus wrote:
> On 08/07/2012 10:47 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > On Tue, 2012-08-07 at 13:39 -0700, Ken Restivo wrote:
> >> Interesting, well I've already exceeded my time budget for "while I've
> >> got this thing on, I wonder if there's a 64-bit kernel for it".
> >
> > You should build your own kernel-rt. In the end this might be less time
> > consuming. On my machine it takes around 90 minutes with an Athlon
> > 2.1GHz dual-core, 4GB RAM, CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=2.
> >
>
> The compile time is not even 1% of what it takes.
>
> Tweaking the config, knowing and learning about the effects of all the
> kernel parameters, how they interact and affect the system is a
> never-ending task. It is very easy to screw it up, too.
>
> IMHO it is much wiser to spend the time to contribute to a community effort.
>
> Sure, you can tweak the kernel to your personal system and preferences
> when you roll your own. You can learn a lot by doing that and it can be
> fun, too.
>
> At 64studio we've learned that the actual performance difference
> regarding options that are relevant only to one system vs options that
> are suitable for a distributions are minimal. Debian continues that
> effort. ..and you get updates.
>
> 2c,
> robin

Full ACK. For example, I never noticed a difference when I set CONFIG_MK8=y (Opteron/Athlon64/Hammer/K8).

Regards,
Ralf

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