On 11/16/2011 9:43 AM, Claudio Freire wrote:
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 5:13 AM, Stefan Seyfried
wrote: Looks like people from the ArchLinux team have been working on this. I personally would love a kernel optimized for my netbook, and for the clients I
What's the difference to their standard kernel?
I don't see anything really important there, except perhaps power management settings and reduced memory footprint.
But I wouldn't think the reduced footprint (50M to 10M) is justified. Yes, it's a 5x reduction, but it's also only 40M, most netbooks have around 1G nowadays. Maybe if it was an embedded system or a tablet. Or maybe the reduced footprint also reduces battery consumption?
So, I would say, not really worth the maintenance overhead unless measurements prove it otherwise.
Maybe you have to do it to determine if it was worth doing. I think it's good enough for now to let them do it because it only takes one to perform the experiment, it will apply to all. We just won't be seen as "leaders" and "innovators" if it turns out to be worth doing after all. Or maybe the process of maintaining a kernel flavor shouldn't be so expensive. Rather than work on a new package, work on improving the automation even more (I know it's already considerable!), then anyone could make a -netbook kernel in a home repo. You know, in your "copious free time" :) -- bkw -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org