Written by salemboot the 22 May 09 at 04:34.

I suggest custom builds for each CPU type.

Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium IV, Xenon/Core(duo/2), AMD Athlon, AMD multi-core

Each kernel is approximately two megabytes. You can reuse the modules for a few.

I've done this already to a certain extent.

I have a PIII kernel, Core(...) kernel, and can create the PIV and Athlons myself whenever.

I think this is the next step for hardware detection on Ubuntu.

Thanks

I suggest custom builds for each CPU type. Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium IV, Xenon/Core(duo/2), AMD Athlon, AMD multi-core Each kernel is approximately two megabytes. You can reuse the modules for a few. I've done this already to a certain extent. I have a PIII kernel, Core(...) kernel, and can create the PIV and Athlons myself whenever. I think this is the next step for hardware detection on Ubuntu. Thanks

Written by timnwells the 22 May 09 at 06:17.

For the sake of keeping Ubuntu on a cd image, ship it with the default kernel capable of supporting older hardware, but suggest during install or on first boot that a more appropriate kernel for a users hardware is available and allow them to download it from the repo to get the most out of their hardware. Keep the default kernel on the system in case of a hardware change (ie. from intel chip to amd) so if the core2 kernel fails it can fall back to the standard one for example.

For the sake of keeping Ubuntu on a cd image, ship it with the default kernel capable of supporting older hardware, but suggest during install or on first boot that a more appropriate kernel for a users hardware is available and allow them to download it from the repo to get the most out of their hardware. Keep the default kernel on the system in case of a hardware change (ie. from intel chip to amd) so if the core2 kernel fails it can fall back to the standard one for example.

Written by Akerbos the 24 May 09 at 16:35.

Of course, this might be utopia, but a clever way would be a (minimal) kernel that is assembled based on your hardware at boot time.

Of course, this might be utopia, but a clever way would be a (minimal) kernel that is assembled based on your hardware at boot time.

Written by razer_raz the 25 May 09 at 09:20.

Kernel cpu optimisation is not efficient
It break ability to change hardware without reinstalling the whole system
It will be a mess to maintain
Power users have choice to use source based systems like Gentoo or archlinux, and spend all the time they want to get 0,1% improved speed
Other users (ubuntu general users) don't care about this kind of things

Kernel cpu optimisation is not efficient It break ability to change hardware without reinstalling the whole system It will be a mess to maintain Power users have choice to use source based systems like Gentoo or archlinux, and spend all the time they want to get 0,1% improved speed Other users (ubuntu general users) don't care about this kind of things

Written by sf_007 the 29 May 09 at 00:43.

Maybe the user could have an option to automatically build the kernel from source with the best settings (automatically detected)

Maybe the user could have an option to automatically build the kernel from source with the best settings (automatically detected)

Written by medigeek the 5 Nov 08 at 11:14.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #15267 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #15267 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!