[KLUG Members] Re: REDHAT: My suggestion on organizing binary CDs for x86 chip-specific optimizations

[Bruce Smith]

> > I think it'd be a good idea for a startup (like how Mandrake started),
> > offering CPU optimized Redhat distributions.  I've thought about it...
> 
> I think it would serve RedHat well to do it itself.

Agree, but if Redhat doesn't, there is an opportunity there IMO.

> > If nobody is going to buy these optimized CD's from KLUG, it's not worth
> > the hassle.  That's the bottom line for me.  Nobody is buying my SGI CD,
> > so it won't be offered for 7.3/8.0 and beyond.
> 
> But it would be nice to have them as an option from RedHat.  God knows
> I'd download and distribute the i586/686 and Athlon/x86-64 CD #1s
> _instead_ of the i386 "Default" ones.

Heck yes!!!  If that ever happens, you guys running junk hardware are
going to be out of luck when it comes to BSware!!!   :-)

> > Is that Mandrake's numbers?  I take them with a grain of salt.
> > "_up_to_30%" can also mean 1% or less.  
> 
> Well, it's Intel in general. 

With Redhat, it's running a "mix" with dynamic binaries (most programs)
since they have i686 optimized glibc files and CPU specific kernels.  

I wonder how what the gain would be compiling the rest of binaries with
CPU specific optimization?

> > I'm not going to do it for myself, but I might be talked into doing it
> > if there is enough interest.
> 
> No, no, the post was more for RedHat, NOT small fry.  ;-P

Whew!   :-)

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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