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Adam Carter <adamcarter3 <at> gmail.com> writes: |
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> The i686 and -Os ideas are interesting. |
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SMALL is better. I've run numerous embedded and minimized gentoo systems |
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over the years. |
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Here is the make.conf from a i586: |
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CHOST="i486-pc-linux-gnu" |
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CFLAGS="-Os -march=i586 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" |
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CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" |
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PORTAGE_NICENESS="1" |
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MAKEOPTS="-j2" |
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USE="-* -nls mmx hardened ncurses ssl crypt berkdb tcpd pam perl pcre \ |
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python readline zlib bzip2 nptl nptlonly syslog" |
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MINIMIZE your efforts! |
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> Also - try diffing the kernel .configs - maybe you missed something |
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> important on the slow system. |
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I spent days building several kernels; keep at least 2 so when you minimize |
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yourself into oblivion, you can recover with the known, working |
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kernel. Days and Days of minimize-test-reboot (rinse and repeat) |
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before I got a minimized hardened kernel, that worked well. SMALL is |
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superior to OPTIMIZED, ihmo. |
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That said, if you are trying to make it a graphically minimized |
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portable workstation, experiment with only what you need. |
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HTOP is the best app to watch along with IOtop, as you use the |
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system. Published benchmarks will be mostly irrelevant, imho. |
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Here is a busy, i586 |
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Load average: 0.00 0.00 0.00 |
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mem 9/248 MB |
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CPU 2.0% |
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[1] www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/embedded/handbook/ |
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ymmv, |
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James |
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