Re: No more AMD-K7 kernels?

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Ron Johnson wrote:
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> On 02/29/08 05:32, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> > Ron Johnson wrote:
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> > > On 02/28/08 14:47, Alan Ianson wrote:
> > > > On Thu February 28 2008 10:29:54 am Curt Howland wrote:
> > > > > I've looked through the debian-kernel and debian-user archives, and I
> > > > > don't find a discussion of this.
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> > > > > Does anyone know why the -k7 precompiled kernel was dropped? Two of my
> > > > > machines are Athalons.
> > > > I've been wondering about this to. The 2.6.24 kernels in unstable
> > > > have the 2.6-k7 meta package but no kernel to go along with them.
> > > > I'll be watching this thread to see if someone can tell us why. I
> > > > also have two Athlons.
> > > Your machine won't die just because there's no -k7 kernel.  Just use
> > > the -686.
> > I recompile the Debian kernel source, apply the -ck patch and enable the
> > K7 option.
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> That's always a valid option...  And what I do myself (except for
> the -ck patches).

and I do those based on faith. I would like to see proof that those 
patches actually make the kernel more responsive for a desktop. I also 
change the timer frequency to 2000HZ and the Preemption Model to Low 
Latency Desktop. Then I add a Debian Logo that I edit so I can see 
immediately what I am booting with.

Hugo