Re: kernel performance

[kamaraju kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists@gmail.com>]

Paras pradhan wrote:

> hi:
>
> i want to build a custom 2.6.x kernel for desktop systems. i have
> build kernel 2.6.12-3 successfully , but the performace of the kernel
> 2.4.27-1-386 ( from debian sid mirror ) is much better  than kernel
> 2.6.12-3 that i built from source. for ex: in kernel 2.4.27-1 if it
> takes 5 minutes to burn a CD, it will take around 20 minutes in my
> customized kernel.  Also running 2 or more applications is very sppedy
> in 2.4.27-1 than my custom built kernel.
>
> what shouild i add in .confi g before building my 2.6.x keries so that
> the perfomance will be equal or better than 24.x series kernel.
>
>
> Thanks
> Paras.
>  
You are taking two steps at a time. I would first install a 2.6.12 
kernel from Debian (apt-cache search linux-image) and compare its 
performance with the custom built kernel.

raju

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