Re: Missing 64-bits packages: Search for them or compile them?
Hello Capri,
As far as I know, aufs, cloop and other critical for the boot kernel modules
are now compiled within the kernel (and are not loaded by the initrd anymore).
So all the critical components which could have a big performance impact as
(>4GB memory, fast I/O and context switching, 64 bits guest virtual
machines support,...)
already exists in the 64 bits kernel created by Klaus in his Knoppix
6.5 version.
As an example I run VMware workstation with 64 bits guest without any problem
(besides the shared /mnt/hgfs folder which I still cannot get to work
properly... yet)
My two cents,
Gilles
PS: As a side note, I still do not see the need to have every single
binary compiled in 64 bits
anymore beside the academic interest and the fun to create a "pure"
64 bits Knoppix version.
I much prefer to have more apps available (on a limited size DVD) and
recompile or download
the few applications or services that I need to run as fast as
possible since 32 and 64 bits
applications can co-exist with a 64 bits kernel. Please don't get me
wrong we all like performance
but I think that with the 64bits kernel of the new Knoppix 6.5 we
already have what we need.
BTW, recompiling applicatons is much easier than it looks like:
configure, make, make install.
At 01:38 PM 7/2/2011, Capri Corny wrote:
Even though the vast majority is available, there seem to be quite a
few packages used in ordinary Knoppix that don't currently have
64-bits versions. I wonder what is the best way to proceed with
those: I want to make the 64-bits vs of Knoppix as close to the
original as possible, and having almost identical package selection
can make things simpler - but what to do when the packages are not
available on the ordinary mirrors? We are talking about at most
tens, not hundreds, of packages here, accounting for a rather small
fraction of total program size.
I think it might be safer to compile than to install "experimental"
versions - but this is an area where I have zero experience.
One very important case is aufs, where it seems that it may be best
to download the latest source and compile. (This may in fact apply
also to ordinary Knoppix.)
And as for kernel options, should the same options as with the
64-bits kernel in the standard release be used? Please excuse me for
trying to know as little as possible about kernel options. In the
past, I have only done compiles in emergency situations, and I would
rather leave it at that. :-)
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