I routinely recompile my kernel to match my installed hardware and to get options not set in the stock kernel.
I don't see how it would be dangerous - you are only taking advantage of capabilities the processor offers anyway - it's not like you are overclocking the CPU or something.
You might turn off a setting your system needs, but that's avoidable by knowing what hardware you have, and perhaps reading a bit on the internet (hint: Google is your friend).
You might also look into the low-latency patch (it's available as a Debian patch). I'm not using it yet, I've just started with Debian and I'm still shaking out my setup.
By "speed" you might mean processing power, like if you're doing serious simulations or such, or you might mean responsiveness. Responsiveness might be helped by the low-latency patch.
Cheers, Bret
On Fri, 2003-06-06 at 22:29, David selby wrote:
Hello,
A while ago I read about speeding up linux by re-compiling libc & the XF86 to take advantages of the installed processor. In my case a 700MHz PIII.
Would there be much of a speed increase, enough to warrent doing it ?
It also strikes me as potentialy dangerous to my systems health, any comments ?
Dave
Many thanks, I will play ! Dave
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