From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HnlPd-0006tW-0y for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 15 May 2007 01:01:13 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4F0xetF021347; Tue, 15 May 2007 00:59:40 GMT Received: from dnsmail4.fleet.navy.mil (pacfa.fleet.navy.mil [205.56.145.34]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4F0t9YO016193 for ; Tue, 15 May 2007 00:55:09 GMT Received: from VSCAN2 ([157.153.3.104]) by dnsmail4.fleet.navy.mil (8.12.11.SSC-RH.1/8.12.9) with SMTP id l4F0sb8P006358 for ; Tue, 15 May 2007 00:55:05 GMT Received: from cv63ucsex1.cv63.navy.mil ([157.153.3.104]) by VSCAN2 (SMSSMTP 4.1.11.41) with SMTP id M2007051500545713821 for ; Tue, 15 May 2007 00:54:58 GMT Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6603.0 Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Managing my kernel Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 09:54:38 +0900 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [gentoo-user] Managing my kernel Thread-Index: AceWik2YGvvo89ysS/qgfwWzXGvm9AAAC7Aw From: To: X-Archives-Salt: 5faf85ad-4d72-4871-bd75-167148046c93 X-Archives-Hash: 2244854a10093b223db2bdfcc7d52f47 > -----Original Message----- > From: Aleksandar L. Dimitrov [mailto:aleks_d@gmx.de]=20 > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 11:16 AM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Managing my kernel >=20 >=20 > On Mon, 14 May 2007 22:16:04 +0100 > Neil Bothwick wrote: >=20 > > On Tue, 15 May 2007 00:37:57 +0200, Aleksandar L. Dimitrov wrote: > >=20 > > > Gentoo is actually all about keeping all of the stuff as=20 > minimal as=20 > > > possible ;) > >=20 > > Gentoo is all about doing what you want, not what other=20 > people think=20 > > you should do. It doesn't matter whether you want all modules, all=20 > > in-kernel, every module built or a compromise, it's up to you. > >=20 > >=20 > Well, OK, I should probably add a 'for me' next time. >=20 > Still, the guy asked about opinions - and my opinion I gave. Nothing > more: In my opinion keeping stuff simple and slim on the=20 > kernel side means reliability and performance. This is an=20 > opinion formed by the (admittedly limited) experience I got so far. >=20 > Regards, Aleks > --=20 My personal preference, when it is it feasable, is to compile just the modules the features that I actually have installed at the time, and compile as much of it into the kernel as will function properly. That way I don't have to worry about modprobing anything, and with the newer kernels, most things that are compiled directly into the kernel run pretty much automatically. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list