David Cary Hart wrote: > Nah. The end result is the same. The difference is that making the > src.rpm in FC4 creates a source tree that can be moved to /usr/src. > Making the src.rpm in FC3 (with only source rpm selected in the spec) > creates a source.rpm > > The issue is portability which is a tarball in FC4 vs an rpm in FC3. I > just think that creating an rpm is more consistent with the Fedora > approach. I second this. Building custom kernels from the src rpm is a tedious operation that requires too many steps to be carried out manually. Besides, I also noticed the terrible performance hit of using stock kernels, so I'm forced to build custom kernels at least for server machines. Anecdotal report: my users reported poor NFS and Samba operation over the Gigabit LAN. I measured the ping time between my desktop and the server: ~0.200ms. I rebooted my desktop with a lean custom kernel: ~0.150ms. Then I also built a lean kernel for the server: now I get ping times of ~0.100ms, and NFS throughput is only limited by the speed of the RAID array (~52MB/s) or the buffer cache (~100MB/s). -- // Bernardo Innocenti - Develer S.r.l., R&D dept. \X/ http://www.develer.com/ -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
