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Old 9th January 2010
FreeBee FreeBee is offline
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Some reasons why it is forbidden to build a custom kernel:

* You do not need to, normally: but I want to learn and experiment. Define "normal".
* You will not get a faster system: I don't care. Define "fast".
* You are likely to make a less reliable machine: define "less reliable".
* You will not get any support from developers: is that logical?
* You will be expected to reproduce any problem with a GENERIC kernel before developers take any problem report seriously: I might be expected to fly to the moon as well before eating tofu :-)).
* Users and developers will laugh at you when you break your system: is that "civilized"?
* Custom compiler options usually do a better job of exposing compiler problems than improving system performance: then create a better compiler.
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