From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Op9r0-0006hp-7m for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:05:06 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DFD71E0A03 for ; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:05:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 075EFE0AA7 for ; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:16:22 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.56,279,1280703600"; d="scan'208,217";a="213197884" Received: from 213-152-39-90.dsl.eclipse.net.uk (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 28 Aug 2010 01:16:21 +0100 Received: from funf.stroller.uk.eu.org (funf.stroller.uk.eu.org [192.168.1.71]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9313A6C50E for ; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:16:16 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: From: Stroller To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-104--295298194 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Configuration Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:16:19 +0100 References: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Archives-Salt: c39feec7-80f8-4422-9b6c-e49ebe16bd98 X-Archives-Hash: 3b66c6bf3ab63522ef61fdbe2ae71bc0 --Apple-Mail-104--295298194 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 27 Aug 2010, at 21:11, Aaron Bauman wrote: > ... I would rather not use the ubuntu kernel as previously suggested > unless it is completely safe. I am currently booting successfully > off of Ubuntu running kernel version 2.6.32-21-generic. Why would it be unsafe? The Ubuntu kernel config from /proc/config.gz is a config optimised for desktop systems of your architecture by a bunch of clever guys working for Canonical. Whilst it may be possible to optimise the kernel very specifically for your hardware, I think you would notice more shortcomings of that than benefits, and it just seems a lengthy waste of time. Stroller. --Apple-Mail-104--295298194 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

On 27 Aug 2010, at 21:11, Aaron Bauman wrote:

... I would rather not use the ubuntu kernel as previously suggested unless it is completely safe. I am currently booting successfully off of Ubuntu running kernel version 2.6.32-21-generic.

Why would it be unsafe? The Ubuntu kernel config from /proc/config.gz is a config optimised for desktop systems of your architecture by a bunch of clever guys working for Canonical.

Whilst it may be possible to optimise the kernel very specifically for your hardware, I think you would notice more shortcomings of that than benefits, and it just seems a lengthy waste of time.

Stroller.

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