Re: [sheflug] Choice of Gentoo kernel version?

[Peter Humphrey <prh [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 12 April 2006 15:53, James Rogers wrote:

> Pentium, i386, i686 are a subset of x86

Yes, and so are i486 and i586. That doesn't help me choose the best one for 
this chip.

> i686 would be best for celeron

As it happens, that's the one I've plumped for, and it seems ok so far (I 
have a bootable, basic system on which to build X and co, after ditching 
the previous effort). However, it would not have worked at all on an old 
dual-Celeron board I had until last week, whose chips predated i686 by some 
time (I bought them a long time ago).

> If your talking about the boot/install CD take the x86 one
> for your kernel your probably just want the gentoo-sources one.
> your make.conf should be fairly simple and explained in the install
> guide.

You haven't followed my meaning. I wasn't asking which package to install, 
which is pretty obvious, but the detailed configuration 
in /usr.src/linux/.config. Sorry if I didn't make myself clear.

> This is all fairly well covered in the gentoo online handbook 

No it isn't. It doesn't tell me anything to help me map chip names and dates 
to kernel configuration values - that's why I asked.

> What does the test fail on for Xfce4?

Sorry, but I've ditched the logs now, so it'll have to wait until I get 
there again in a few days' time. I had made a tar archive of my system to 
recover from if necessary, but I must have made a mistake somehow because 
it was incomplete when I needed it.

-- 
Rgds
Peter.

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