Re: kernel options for cd project with processor family

[Jan Engelhardt]

>> >I've built a test set of kernels with the same configuration as the 
>> >bzImage6, but changed the Processor family. Below is a list of the 
>> >build. I'm interested in which ones would make a difference. I would 
>> >think that the 386 version would probable work on all hardware, but 
>> >at what cost in performance for creating and restoring the disk 
>> >images. G4L uses basically dd, gzip, lzop, bzop, ncftpget, and 
>> >ncftpput. With all these images, the g4l iso image is 50MB. 
>> 
>> And now? Where's the question... :)
>
>I want to provide users of the G4L program with 
>the best options for the users.
>If having all the kernels is the only 
>way to provide the best options, I will have to have the users 
>download 50MB iso images. If I can get a good package with fewer 
>kernels that would make the image smaller. 
>So, to get a wide range of kernels to support various hardware, what 
>would be the best. 

The standard 586. That's what most distro [have to] use.



Jan Engelhardt
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