Re: Why compiling.
On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 02:06:02 +0200
Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-07-10 at 08:54 -0700, Mike McClain wrote:
> > Howdy,
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 05:03:12PM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote:
> > >
> > > why people do compiling. i have heard many time that people are
> > > compiling kernel on debian.
> > > what is the reason for this? i am using debian for almost 1.5 year and
> > > have been using it on different platform in CLI mode. but no need of
> > > compiling in this time window.
> >
> > The kernel provided when you install Linux, Debian included, has to work
> > on nearly every system out there so it includes drivers for nearly piece
> > of hardware that can be installed in a PC.
> >
> > I always compile a kernel with only the hardware I have in my computer.
> > This gives me a smaller memory footprint and a smaller disk footprint.
> >
> > It's all a matter of what you want.
>
> Those smaller footprints usually aren't needed for modern computers,
> since we've usually got more than enough disc space and RAM. OTOH we
> perhaps change some hardware from time to time and then we need
> different modules. Perhaps a visitor has some hardware, that should work
> on our computers. It's a dangerous balancing act. I wouldn't remove too
> much.
Then I'll reboot into a distro stock kernel, or rebuild. Don't forget,
that on the modern hardware everyone is talking about, rebuilding a
kernel is a fairly swift process.
Celejar
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