On Wednesday 10 October 2007, Ric Moore wrote: >On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 20:44 +0200, Rudolf Kastl wrote: >> 2007/10/10, Rohan Kulkarni <rohan.sjce@xxxxxxxxx>: >> > Hi, >> > Not really.I am a Linux newbie.I just want to check out if there is >> > better hardware support.for ex for SATA hard disks etc. >> >> read the changelog then. if you are new to linux you probably should >> look into other things before wasting your time with kernel builds. >> >> regards, >> Rudolf Kastl > >I agree completely Rudolf, and would actually warn him not to dink with >a kernel until you really know just what the heck buttons you are >pushing. Red is never a good color to push. and the kernel is fulla >Shiny Red Buttons (SRBs)! > >Back in the day, when you needed only serial, parallel, ppp, network >card, mouse and sound card support (oh yeah, atapi for your CD) rolling >a kernel was a piece of cake and the order of the day. I put it all into >kernel space and didn't even dink with modules. I had 32 megs of memory >which was just gobs of space then. I got speed improvements that were >noticeable, as compared to the stock kernels included at install time. >"$ Rolling your own"="$ manly stuff" back when. > >Today?? With all the "STUFF!" to consider and actually know lots about, >I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole. Especially if you are new to >Linux. ESPECIALLY then. Just think "Shiny Red Buttons", ...and decide. > ><evil cackles> Ric > It's not a problem here <smirks>, Ric. Uptime on a 2.6.23 kernel here is 21h04m ATM. Its stable for me so far, and possibly a few percent faster when busy, but that's a bit hard to quantize. I have been running the current Linus development kernel here for about 3, maybe 4 years now. With lots of modules, not builtin. I haven't been bitten more than 2-3 times in that same period. Stock, as in distro, kernels have bitten me many times more than that. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) QOTD: "Just how much can I get away with and still go to heaven?"
