Ian;
Thanks for the info
Mike M.
On Thu, 2002-09-12 at 09:36, Ian C. Blenke wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-09-12 at 06:25, Mike Manchester wrote:
> > Someone posed this question to me the other day and though I think I
> > know the answer, I'm not sure.
> >
> > If the kernel is recompiled to take advantage of the processor in your
> > system. Assuming that the installed kernel is for a 486 processor, not
> > sure if that is the case or do the newer distro's like Redhat install
> > the proper kernel for you hardware.
>
> Most distro's are built as "i386", meaning they are not optimized for
> anything more than a base i386 and should run on most PC hardware
> without incident.
>
> You typically need to select architecture specific packages built with
> "i686" optimizations by hand.
>
> > Is it better to download, build and install from source RPMS rather than
> > binary RPMS or does it matter?
>
> Is it better? No. Unless you change the .spec file from the SRPM to
> compile with "i686" optimizations, you're usually only going to build
> "i386" friendly binaries.
>
> > Also is it worth while to recompile the kernel?
>
> Always. The more hardware specific you can build a kernel to be toward
> your hardware, the faster your system will be. This is really the best
> thing you can do to improve the performance of your box.
>
> As for building packages from source: it will speed things up, but it's
> a general PITA to maintain. The best bet is to find a distribution tuned
> to your hardware, or use a source based distribution like Gentoo that
> builds everything from source anyway.
>
> - Ian C. Blenke <icblenke@nks.net> <ian@blenke.com>
> http://ian.blenke.com
>
>
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