Re: kernel-{image,headers} package bloat
Rahul Jain <rahul@rice.edu> wrote:
> Hmm... I was under the impression that the 486 required the most unique
> optimizations of all the x86 line. Why not get rid of the k6, p2, and p3
> kernels and have a 486 one instead?
When you compile the kernel for a particular CPU, it's doing more than just
passing a different flag to the compiler. It affects things like TSC, APIC,
hand-tuned checksum routines and more. For all the gory details, hav a
look at arch/i386/config.in.
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