Messages in this thread | | | From | Greg Smart <> | Subject | RE: Kernel config idea... | Date | Thu, 3 Jun 1999 16:27:09 +1000 |
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> -----Original Message----- > From: newton@unb.ca [SMTP:newton@unb.ca] > Sent: Thursday, June 03, 1999 11:08 AM > To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > Subject: Kernel config idea... > > > > I was wondering what people think of this idea: > > Place in the makefiles for the kernel, a general configuration > question that asks what 'size target' you are going to be using the kernel > for... IE: Right around there area where it asks you what CPU to compile > for (Pentium, PII, 386, ...), ask the following: > > System role: > 1) Minimum config > 2) Desktop > 3) Workstation > 4) Workgroup Server > 5) General Enterprise Server (web/file/cpu) > 6) Enterprise Web Server > 7) (Does it make sense to say Web server?... I > mean, are there cache/buffer settings that > would make a better web server as opposed > to a CPU server? Maybe list some roles > that are tunable, like CPU server, file > server, web server, router, application) > > > Comments? > > Chris > > [Greg Smart] Yuk, building a kernel doesn't need to be anymore 'user friendly' than it already is, besides if you really want to tune a kernel, don't you want to know about all the compile time parameters? I also think that most of the things you want to configure to meet the above roles aren't compile optiions anyway.
Greg
> _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > > Chris Newton, Technical Analyst > Computing Services, University of New Brunswick > newton@unb.ca 506-447-3212(voice) 506-453-3590(fax) > > "Computers allow you to make more mistakes faster than > any other invention in human history, with the possible > exception of handguns and tequila." -- Mitch Radcliffe > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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