On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Nick Reinking wrote:
> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 14:37:41 -0500
> From: Nick Reinking <nick@twoevils.org>
> Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] kernel on wiki server
>
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 02:21:55PM -0500, Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
> > > (Nick Reinking <nick@twoevils.org>):
> > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 11:50:18AM -0700, Jimmy Wales wrote:
> > > > No offense, Nick, but we've been doing this for a long time, with some
> > > > very high traffic websites, and Jason knows what he's doing.
> > >
> > > To be fair, so have I. :) But, if you think the extra risk and work is
> > > justified, go right ahead.
> >
> > I tend to tread the middle ground myself--I have a kernel built from
> > RedHat source RPMs using a RedHat-supplied alternate config, with one
> > or two minor tweaks.
> >
> > The big win for me at home was compiling for the Athlon.
>
> Yeah, I believe the rpm I quoted earlier was compiled for the Athlon,
> something I doubt about the current kernel (which was compiled for
> i686).
If you're talking specifically for RH 7.2 or 7.3, that's what
kernel-2.4.18-27.7.x.athlon.rpm is for. If it's 8.0, you've got your
kernel-2.4.18-27.8.0.athlon.rpm. But I've always used a kernel customized
and tweaked, ever since I was compiling with Cyrix 686 optimization,
possibly even earlier. I do it with Athlon now myself; although my system
is mostly RH 8.0, I use the raw kernel.org kernel, configured to have just
the goodies I need/want, and do it well. I very much recommend a
customized kernel, even given the availability of Athlon-optimized RPMs.
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