Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Compiling options? | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 25 Mar 2003 19:47:16 +0000 |
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On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 18:03, Robert L. Harris wrote: > Ok, I currently manage a site with a couple hundred machines ranging > from P2 through AMD-Durons. The prevaling theory was to make a single > kernel compiled for a "pentium classic" and then load in drivers for > about everything under the sun.
If your boxes range from PII through to AMD duron build for 686, but the basic theory is the same.
A 386 kernel really hurts later CPUs A 486 kernel is generally fine A 686 kernel speeds stuff up a little more
The only CPU that is really helped by a custom kernel is the rather rare IDT winchip which is 10-30% faster with the right kernels
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