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On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 10:25, Paul W. Abrahams wrote:
I know it's possible by using "make xconfig" or something similar to trim the kernel by eliminating stuff I'll never use and then recompile a slimmer, more svelte version of it that works just as well. But given the speed and memory size of most computers these days (including mine), is there any noticeable benefit in doing that? Will I ever notice a performance improvement?
Paul Abrahams
It is propably not worth the effort. A smaller kernel will make booting slightly faster, regardless of how much ram you have, but hopefully you don't reboot very often. Also it can alleviate some of the memory pressure if you do start swapping. SUSE uses modules heavily to get the best of both worlds. The kernel is fairly small because almost everything is a module. Modules should only be being used if you actually have the hardware, or the feature in use. Greg -- Greg Freemyer