Re: Debian versus custom kernel (was: Re: Linux on the Mac Mini -- Updated)
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 02:42:59PM +0200, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
>
> > 2) you say "Build an optimized kernel". I strongly object to this
> > recomendation, and ask you to remove it from your howto. The existing debian
> > kernel should be enough for everyone, and i don't believe that you can
> > further optimize it.
>
> I strongly disagree. Debian's kernels are good one-size-fits-all kernels,
> but they definitely lack in efficiency and perfomance speed.
Would you care to back this claim with actual hard data in the powerpc case ?
> The difference in speed between my custom kernels and the stock Debian
> kernels is like night and day. On every architecture, my custom kernels
> produce a dramatic increase in perfomance.
And why would that be ? And how exactly do you measure the 'dramatic' increase
in performance ?
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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