Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932415AbWEBG5c (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 May 2006 02:57:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932419AbWEBG5c (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 May 2006 02:57:32 -0400 Received: from ns2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:36548 "EHLO mx2.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932415AbWEBG5b (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 May 2006 02:57:31 -0400 To: Marcin Hlybin Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Open Discussion, kernel in production environment References: <200605012357.48623.marcin.hlybin@swmind.com> From: Andi Kleen Date: 02 May 2006 08:57:19 +0200 In-Reply-To: <200605012357.48623.marcin.hlybin@swmind.com> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 871 Lines: 16 Marcin Hlybin writes: > Hello, > > I always configure and compile a kernel throwing out all unusable options and > I never use modules in production environment (especially for the router). > But my superior has got the other opinion - he claims that distribution > kernel is quite good and in these days optimization has no sense because of > powerful hadrware. > What do you think? I have few arguments for this discussion but I wonder what > you say. Please, try to substantiate your opinions. Try to benchmark the difference. If you can't it's wasted work. Most likely you can't. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/