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On Thu, 2012-08-09 at 12:46 +0200, Robin Gareus wrote:

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> 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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