Red Hat's default kernel

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From: Jason Stokes
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 00:00

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I just recompiled my kernel after two-three months of sticking with the
default kernel provided with Red Hat 5.1.  I was gradually becoming
aware of a subtle slowdown in my system, and wondered if a bloated
kernel was the culprit.  As it happened, I noticed the default kernel
in the Red Hat distribution has *all kinds of junk* in it, including
allocating memory for a ramdisk!  When I compiled a custom kernel, my
computer *flied*!

It's strange that just recompiling the kernel could make so much
difference.  My question is: why does the Red Hat distribution ship
such a bloated kernel image?  Is the assumption that you'll just
compile a custom one anyway?

-- 
Jason Stokes: jstok@bluedog.apana.org.au

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