Re: kernel tailored for desktop
On Sun May 5, 2013 02:22:05 Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Hi José,
>
> José Francisco Lombera Landa wrote:
>
> > Is there any plan to ship a linux kernel tailored for the desktop (e.g. HZ=1000, etc.)?
> > Kind of:
> > - linux-image-server-<version>-<platform>.deb
> > - linux-image-desktop-<version>-<platform>.deb
>
> Not that I know of. Generally speaking, we try to make the standard
> kernel in experimental (currently linux-image-3.8-trunk-amd64) work
> well for desktop systems.
>
> If you find that kernel working poorly in some scenario and a
> different configuration improves it, I'd like to hear so we can work
> on fixing it.
>
> > If not, is there a way to automatically recompile and install the
> > linux image with the desired configurations (e.g. HZ=1000)
>
> I hope that HZ=1000 doesn't improve much. Modern kernels are built
> with NO_HZ=Y, so the main effect of that setting is to change the
> granularity of msleep. 250 Hz = 4 ms per tick.
>
> If you would like to build a kernel with a custom configuration to
> test, see http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html
>
> Hope that helps,
> Jonathan
>
Thanks Jonathan, it helped.
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Jose
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