RE: Building i585/i686 optimized packages?
so where is an optimized kernel?
is it, wonder of wonders, really 32-bit?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ethan Benson [mailto:erbenson@alaska.net]
> Sent: 25 May 2000 07:25
> To: Mattias Sundberg
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Building i585/i686 optimized packages?
>
>
> On Thu, May 25, 2000 at 06:09:55AM +0200, Mattias Sundberg wrote:
> >
> > I want to build my own packages for Debian and I want to be
> i586/i686
> > optimized, what do I have to do? Is it enough to compile
> the kernel as
> > i686?
>
> yes compiling an optimized kernel is the only thing worth doing.
> recompiling all your other packages is a complete waste of time unless
> you have a plain pentium (original, not pro, II III etc) and even then
> it buys you almost nothing, except increased unreliability.
>
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> Ethan Benson
> http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
>
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