> > I heard that the new kernel is very modular. Does this mean I can have a > lean mean kernel and include only the modules I need? Is SMP turned on by > default? If so would it make sense to turn it off for single processor > systems so as to get better performance? >
a) get 2.2.5 or higher, 2.2.1 had issues. b) in the src directory is a Documentation directory. Read in here, it explains much. c) look at every option and read the help given SMP is not on by default, and most of the kernel can be a module. IMPORTANT: do not make the driver for your hard drive be a module. If you have an IDE hard drive compile IDE in the kernel. Modules are nice, but remember that if you use the module all the time, you gained nothing from it being a module.
