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Re: Will using kernel 2.6.24 make my laptop faster?



Am 2008-02-08 10:08:53, schrieb Bastian Blank:
> On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 03:22:54PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> > Am 2008-01-31 23:35:31, schrieb Gaudenz Steinlin:
> > > Do you have any numbers that kernel with unneeded hardware options not
> > > compiled in actually run faster? I would be very suprised by this as the
> > > additional code just never runs. AFAIK all applicable processor
> > > optimizations for powerpc are already activated in the stock Debian
> > > kernels.
> > At least it boots faster, since it has not the need of dependencie
> > checking for 1 million modules for which you will never have hardware.
> 
> Nope, because this is only done on installation time, not during boot.

This has changed between Sarge and Etch?

It seems, that my Etch-Office-Workstation (2.6.18) is doing dependencie
checking at each bootup.  Maybe this is a forgotten old piece of script
from Sarge?

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
    Michelle Konzack


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