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Re: Generating a cloud / VM kernel package



On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 04:16:50PM +0200, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> Basically, the only thing that I want to see is a specific config for
> that kernel, nothing else. Otherwise, it's going to be too much
> maintenance work. Indeed, it should *not* be a different source upload,
> that's too much work as well. There also may be some optimization that
> we could do.
> 
> Also, I don't see this happening without a prior agreement from the
> kernel team (which means probably that Ben has to agree). On our side,
> we could prepare a list of kernel modules that we do *not* want.

You might consider looking at what Ubuntu did to their kernel.
https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/05/ubuntu-on-aws-gets-serious-performance-boost-with-aws-tuned-kernel/
suggests that they did more than just disable some modules, but it's
light on details.

If we're able to come up with a specific list of proposed changes, we'll
probably be able to have a more fruitful conversation.

noah

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