From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: "Robert L. Harris" <Robert.L.Harris@rdlg.net>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Compiling options?
Date: 25 Mar 2003 19:47:16 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1048621636.28496.32.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030325180334.GH15678@rdlg.net>
On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 18:03, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> Ok, I currently manage a site with a couple hundred machines ranging
> from P2 through AMD-Durons. The prevaling theory was to make a single
> kernel compiled for a "pentium classic" and then load in drivers for
> about everything under the sun.
If your boxes range from PII through to AMD duron build for 686, but the
basic theory is the same.
A 386 kernel really hurts later CPUs
A 486 kernel is generally fine
A 686 kernel speeds stuff up a little more
The only CPU that is really helped by a custom kernel is the rather rare
IDT winchip which is 10-30% faster with the right kernels
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-25 18:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-25 18:03 Robert L. Harris
2003-03-25 18:16 ` Dave Jones
2003-03-25 19:47 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2003-03-25 18:38 ` Robert Love
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