On Nov 18, 2007 1:56 PM, Harold Norris <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi, > > Its very true that you lose out on RedHat's support for a recompiled > kernel, but if you maintain the latest version of the kernel, you should > get the latest fixes, whatever they may be. > > I personally have been using Redhat with my own kernel for about 10 > years or so (RedHat 5.2) and have never had a kernel related issue. As > far as performance goes, if you remove all of the unnecessary modules > from the kernel, and build it to work with the hardware you have, it > will run faster because the available kernels are built to run on > generic processors. If you take a i386 kernel and run it on a Pentium > 4, you lose out on all optimizations for the faster processor. Well, you do not have to use the vanilla kernel to tweak it. Rebuild the redhat/SL kernel by configuring the kernel to your taste. There is a good step-by-step guide on the CentOS wiki: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Custom_Kernel Yes, you still have to update/maintain the kernel yourself once you customize it. So, it's your call. Akemi