Re: [sheflug] Choice of Gentoo kernel version?

["Wonkey Donkey" <wonkey_donkey [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Humphrey" <prh [at] gotadsl.co.uk>
To: "sheflug" <sheflug [at] sheflug.co.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: [sheflug] Choice of Gentoo kernel version?


> 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.
>

This may sound obvious or not, but have you tried booting the install cd and 
cat'ing the /proc/cpuinfo ?

Steve. 



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