Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:03:15 +0000 From: Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org> To: Kiffin Gish <kiffin@gish.demon.nl> Cc: rainer@ultra-secure.de, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ideal kernel configuration for Dell Inspiron 8200 ... Message-ID: <20050916200315.34717100.lists@yazzy.org> In-Reply-To: <1126899940.1316.12.camel@localhost> References: <1126898216.1316.4.camel@localhost> <432B2019.9030007@ultra-secure.de> <1126899940.1316.12.camel@localhost>
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On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 21:45:40 +0200 Kiffin Gish <kiffin@gish.demon.nl> wrote: > On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 21:42 +0200, Rainer Duffner wrote: > > Kiffin Gish wrote: > > > > >Hello everyone. > > > > > >I would like to know if there is a good example somewhere of an > > >optimized kernel configuration for my Dell Inspiron 8200. > > > > > >I've got FreeBSD 2.4 running on the GENERIC but want to maximize > > >usage/resources for my laptop which is also running the Gnome 2.10 > > >desktop and tools. > > > > > >Can anyone help me? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't think there's a lot to maximize. > > I've still got a Inspiron 4000 and 512 MB (Celeron 800 or so) that's > > quite happily running KDE3.x. > > Of course, the newer Lifebook E8010 is much snappier, the additional 512 > > MB RAM also do help. > > > > If you want more speed, change to XFCE4. > > > > > > > > Rainer > > > > Well maybe not, but one (big) improvement I would think would be to > change to the CPUTYPE?=i686 and removing all those device references > that are not used, e.g. SCSI, ATAPI tape drives, MD_ROOT, etc. > > Or am I just doing alot of crazy work with minimal improvements and > possible disaster? > You're correct as long as your cpu type is i686. Normally you do not gain much on configuring make.conf with something else than pentiumpro: CPUTYPE?=pentiumpro CFLAGS= -O -pipe -march=pentiumpro CXXFLAGS+= -O -pipe -march=pentiumpro COPTFLAGS= -O -pipe -march=pentiumpro Recompiling your kernel with only the options you need will also help a bit. Adding more RAM will usually make your box snappier as it does not have to write to your SWAP. Normally you tweak your kernel to do some server specific tasks. A workstation will have a lot of different functions and I can't think of any particular enhancemend that will make much noticable difference BTW, I still can't find anything about your laptop's specifications in your email. Marcin.
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