On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 22:28:17 -0600
Scot Jenkins <scot at thinkunix.net> wrote:

> "make mrproper" will wipe out any changes you had in your .config; 
> I think it reverts back to using the default one that comes with the
> kernel source.
> 
Yeah, I missed that little caveat on the instructions.  Oh well.  Next
time I'll know I can skip that step.  

> depends on what you're doing with the system.  for a firewall,
> definitely use a monolithic kernel (no modules) and put as little as
> possible into the kernel.  for a laptop, make it all modular as
> unloading modules frees up memory, although since 2.2.x kernels and
> up, unused modules don't automatically unload anymore.  they used to
> after a minute of non-use under 2.0.x kernels, back in the good old
> days.  I never understood why the newer kernels don't unload the
> unused modules.
> 
Desktop, server, etc primarily.  If it's going to be a static system
where very little is going to change in terms of hardware, even for a
laptop, I think the monolithic kernel (thanks for the descriptor)
would be better.  Even if the modules do unload, I'd rather not have
them if not needed.

> ouch!  if you're building a 2.4.x kernel, it will take a while.  You
> can compile a kernel on a faster system and just move it over to
> save time. I've done this in the past and it works great.

Yeah, 2.4 kernel.  Actually, 2.4.18...  I know it's got security
vulnerabilities, but it's getting wiped out this weekend, so I don't
care.

Maybe it'll be done by tomorrow morning when I wake up.  ;)


-- 
Shawn

 "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of
fear."
	-Mark Twain

  Ne Obliviscaris --  "Forget Not"

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