Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux 2.3.21 Gripes. | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | 13 Oct 1999 14:41:56 +0200 |
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sassan@cup.hp.com (Dara Hazeghi) writes:
> * 1MB+ Kernels: I don't know the precise breaking point, but it is > not nice after a 25minute compilation to discover your kernel is too > big. I know there are technical reasons, but this is an issue that'll > have to be addressed sooner or later, and getting started sooner does > have advantages.
Have you tried make bzImage ?
> * Slow recompilation: When I build a kernel and it doesn't complete, > usually I change the offending option to off, and recompile. However > every single thing gets rebuilt. Again, some of us have slow machines > and this is not a good thing for us.
This is not true with 2.2+, except when you change "fundamental" things (like CONFIG_SMP).
> * Slow fsck: When I have to do an fsck (which seems more and more > often) it often take more than 10 minutes on a 5GB root partition. This > is a Ultra2 SCSI drive which isn't that slow either. I know reiserfs and > Stephen Tweedie's journaled ext2 deal with this, but they have not yet > been ported to 2.3.X and so I'm stuck waiting 10minutes every time > another 2.2.13pre breaks on me.
Creating the file system with 4K blocks helps a lot.
-Andi -- This is like TV. I don't like TV.
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