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[David Moberg <davidjmoberg AT gmail.com>]

sindi keesan wrote:

> So, is there any advantage in my case in using Steven's big kernel instead
> of the 2.4.31 customized one, which also does USB?

I cannot see any. Unless you need to use firewalling or a 2.2.26
module for some rare network card, the 2.4.31 kernel should be fine.

> Is there any difference in output if I compile using kernel 2.2.16 with
> SW71 linuxinc kernel headers, or 2.4.31 with kernel-headers from SW10.2?

There will likely be a difference for something kernel-specifc like
cardmgr or insmod. But anything user-level, such as netpbm, or
hello world, or lynx, will be basically the same.

Your libc version will make a much bigger difference.

> Would the later kernel compile programs that the earlier kernel won't,

Possibly. It will definitely allow you to compile more 3rd-part drivers.

> or compile faster or slower?

I would not expect a difference.

David