Hi all,
I finally got a fully working (so far) build of kernel 2.4.16 to replace the RedHat 7.2 stock version
During my adventures I noticed that RedHat ships with a variety of sample kernel config files that can be easily customised. I simply loaded up the athlon optimised version, added support for my motherboard chipset & got rid of all the modules I didn't need.
Advantages so far include:
My new kernel is over 100k smaller than RedHat stock (now 700K). Although this isn't exactly tiny its still an improvement.
Now compiled with Athlon optimisation
My UDMA 66 HD now benches higher than before (even though I was using the info supplied by Otheos that allready significantly improved performance).
All in all I am very pleased with the new build. Just a few via chipset bugs to iron out
As I am very bad at compiling kernels I found modifying an existing working config to be a great help.
OK I have finished rambling now
Regards
Eddy