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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Custom kernel 2.6.38.2 ubuntu amd64 packages optimized for core2 and above processors with vga_switcheroo

Kernel 2.6.38.2 amd64 ubuntu packages optimized for core2 with VGA_SWITCHEROO support as requested by Steve Demmitt in comments and  built by me and uploaded to dropbox for anyone who would like to test.


The files can be downloaded from the following links and can be checked against the SHA256SUM and MD5SUM given at the bottom of this blog to verify if the correct file is downloaded





Benchmark Output of hardinfo -r



Benchmarks
**********




CPU Blowfish
------------


-CPU Blowfish-
This Machine 2661 MHz 2.197
Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor         1.50GHz (null) 26.1876862
PowerPC 740/750 (280.00MHz) (null) 172.816713


CPU CryptoHash
--------------


-CPU CryptoHash-
This Machine 2661 MHz 539.837


CPU Fibonacci
-------------


-CPU Fibonacci-
This Machine 2661 MHz 2.482
Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor         1.50GHz (null) 8.1375674
PowerPC 740/750 (280.00MHz) (null) 58.07682


CPU N-Queens
------------


-CPU N-Queens-
This Machine 2661 MHz 0.824


FPU FFT
-------


-FPU FFT-
This Machine 2661 MHz 1.358


FPU Raytracing
--------------


-FPU Raytracing-
This Machine 2661 MHz 4.436
Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor         1.50GHz (null) 40.8816714
PowerPC 740/750 (280.00MHz) (null) 161.312647



SHA256SUMS

83366a85dcd486f17da61204655c4d8bb7659ece218cb676251fec1e2519ba64  CONFIG_VGA_SWITCHEROO
f2d2ecfacc79fb5b03161ee7e1e9dd7e245f6b9acaf9c996919b8ac599e0c6ee  linux-headers-2.6.38.2-core2vgaswitch_12.00_amd64.deb
50f5e7a4a9c0d17f24df29081886aad9039afad0afaf7fc2cf09c143fab6bccc  linux-image-2.6.38.2-core2vgaswitch_12.00_amd64.deb
011bfe7a56760f00baff5dad2e3613ecf852b37724e08b146d8844a654ffd27d  Readme.odt
e87d6812f5b30de4239029b5cd2faa5ed7c9637107f4654a4df8cc18ea738e20  Readme.pdf

MD5SUMS

28bfdf863e7be97d58cd3067b1d45fe8  CONFIG_VGA_SWITCHEROO
de9a1e73203427ee56bb9b0b2c36d278  linux-headers-2.6.38.2-core2vgaswitch_12.00_amd64.deb
97b7fb9233c7eed7ba3f6b72f50cac52  linux-image-2.6.38.2-core2vgaswitch_12.00_amd64.deb
b3aea08bc5a7fc2bf07c9e27eb197173  Readme.odt
58184865437ed7a3d0de140b3086d83e  Readme.pdf


Dropbox download links

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22900905/MyKernelBuilds/2.6.38.2vgaswitch/CONFIG_VGA_SWITCHEROO

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22900905/MyKernelBuilds/2.6.38.2vgaswitch/linux-headers-2.6.38.2-core2vgaswitch_12.00_amd64.deb


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22900905/MyKernelBuilds/2.6.38.2vgaswitch/linux-image-2.6.38.2-core2vgaswitch_12.00_amd64.deb


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22900905/MyKernelBuilds/2.6.38.2vgaswitch/Readme.odt


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22900905/MyKernelBuilds/2.6.38.2vgaswitch/Readme.pdf


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22900905/MyKernelBuilds/2.6.38.2vgaswitch/SHA256SUMS


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22900905/MyKernelBuilds/2.6.38.2vgaswitch/MD5SUMS
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Custom kernel 2.6.38.2 ubuntu amd64 packages optimized for core2 and above processors

Kernel 2.6.38.2 amd64 ubuntu packages optimized for core2 and above  built by me and uploaded to dropbox for anyone who would like to test.


The files can be downloaded from the following links and can be checked against the SHA256SUM and MD5SUM given at the bottom of this blog to verify if the correct file is downloaded

SHA256SUMS

211af6f5cad619cf7830835dc532d8191a4df190fc853a2b16476b7521bccc60  CONFIG
b07a5fc1b0c2593aff8097aff5d2ee47dfaf9d5f168d92a535e6c38052b2f4e9  linux-headers-2.6.38.2-core2_11.00_amd64.deb
f6e4c8a326ff9dc722c6399776b7e2678cbab0fda14b71e5670119f90fbb0473  linux-image-2.6.38.2-core2_11.00_amd64.deb
ca9cbae06a2936ac5e29c0b1c294ad3008b743dff9601381a610b20aadfb39ba  Readme.odt
65ecacd04ffff7946c8bc8e375eb145e12ae83acc31429ffabf887202662c3e0  Readme.pdf

MD5SUMS


de0f0f567047da35a667994b5504e6ca  CONFIG
69ac715b184bf9987dcc883824df31a1  linux-headers-2.6.38.2-core2_11.00_amd64.deb
82d41910d8c186c4c5353a5b41781a00  linux-image-2.6.38.2-core2_11.00_amd64.deb
ee8e9e29c528d0e192f57a983a17a973  Readme.odt
a33ffd29c11e836db1eccfb5f4ce1346  Readme.pdf

Dropbox download links

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22900905/MyKernelBuilds/2.6.38.2/CONFIG

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22900905/MyKernelBuilds/2.6.38.2/linux-headers-2.6.38.2-core2_11.00_amd64.deb

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22900905/MyKernelBuilds/2.6.38.2/linux-image-2.6.38.2-core2_11.00_amd64.deb

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22900905/MyKernelBuilds/2.6.38.2/Readme.odt

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22900905/MyKernelBuilds/2.6.38.2/Readme.pdf

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22900905/MyKernelBuilds/2.6.38.2/SHA256SUMS

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22900905/MyKernelBuilds/2.6.38.2/MD5SUMS
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Saturday, March 26, 2011

Custom kernel 2.6.38.1 ubuntu amd64 packages optimized for core2 and above processors

Kernel 2.6.38.1 amd64 ubuntu packages optimized for core2 and above  built by me and uploaded to dropbox for anyone who would like to test.



The files can be downloaded from the following links and can be checked against the SHA256SUM and MD5SUM given at the bottom of this blog to verify if the correct file is downloaded

Benchmarks output of hardinfo -r when running 2.6.38.1






Benchmarks
**********


CPU Blowfish
------------

-CPU Blowfish-
This Machine    1596 MHz    2.373   
Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor         1.50GHz    (null)    26.1876862   
PowerPC 740/750 (280.00MHz)    (null)    172.816713   

CPU CryptoHash
--------------

-CPU CryptoHash-
This Machine    1596 MHz    556.861   

CPU Fibonacci
-------------

-CPU Fibonacci-
This Machine    1596 MHz    2.523   
Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor         1.50GHz    (null)    8.1375674   
PowerPC 740/750 (280.00MHz)    (null)    58.07682   

CPU N-Queens
------------

-CPU N-Queens-
This Machine    1596 MHz    0.826   

FPU FFT
-------

-FPU FFT-
This Machine    1596 MHz    1.379   

FPU Raytracing
--------------

-FPU Raytracing-
This Machine    1596 MHz    4.456   
Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor         1.50GHz    (null)    40.8816714   
PowerPC 740/750 (280.00MHz)    (null)    161.312647   

SHA256SUMS

3f66e9df40a48549f1748fc44961c30c9f48ded24c49756cbb417aa571952a39  CONFIG
911ab75eb10c5d73c44fc077179609de8cbbfb0cef7fd60faa3c92bcb56f6983  linux-headers-2.6.38.1-core2_11.00_amd64.deb
e4ecbd4edc3aebb37e4f71f8f23613ad308f1690f6ea6a6308b24b9a46b8cd8c  linux-image-2.6.38.1-core2_11.00_amd64.deb
51c4805361cca8d6f7a31f1affe2afb9c1fc20cca924ba1b5c46ae594f67f14a  Readme.odt
d71832170316005e64fc6db5f8ed3b9ca9c7f8cb0bb3b8692127e2c041504b90  Readme.pdf

MD5SUMS

c38874f0f3ecf2f233f34cab53a45a83  CONFIG
9931cf27e528ef4951ff240368d07f55  linux-headers-2.6.38.1-core2_11.00_amd64.deb
568270244062cb6e0b0245dbde2b2db8  linux-image-2.6.38.1-core2_11.00_amd64.deb
ce40aaa1e49c172cc4d7e68667ed5cf0  Readme.odt
ed006c9d113401fe82f7ec7a9344c23c  Readme.pdf









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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Custom kernel 2.6.38 ubuntu amd64 packages optimized for core2 and above processors



Kernel 2.6.38 amd64 ubuntu packages optimized for core2 and above  built by me and uploaded to dropbox for anyone who would like to test.

To know more about 2.6.38, follow the amazing h-online article

My Opinion(and you are free to contradict): Using generic kernel is like using helicopter as a car, using optimized kernel is like using helicopter as a helicopter. Your processor may be an i7 or core2, what is the use of running it with generic instruction set? It is similar to running a helicopter as a car and it never takes off

The files can be downloaded from the following links and can be checked against the SHA256SUM and MD5SUM given at the bottom of this blog to verify if the correct file is downloaded

SHA256SUMS

40b85e348460ac4c7a14fe69552ae8c8bd5817dab1ad22665cf6dfe13654056d  CONFIG
841d700a1e1e5ba96aca4a6bb874a3f6269359b6e5f10e442611f7db172f5a2d  linux-headers-2.6.38-core2_2.6.38-core2-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb
ce227190e9e4e67d64569ea716f9b0effebdc1408c043e71976861375396f433  linux-image-2.6.38-core2_2.6.38-core2-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb
4f5d1f5f7ff4a224f8c549b8e3dc793da09419d297adacef214050babd181b52  Readme.odt
29274badc53e871a8e9d23e54585b2652692f7a0a8fb8760136433a2895c455f  Readme.pdf


MD5SUMS

1fdf78ffa84c7a44340cf3c2576362ef  CONFIG
a0427318da09d661163b8cec7d3f5c93  linux-headers-2.6.38-core2_2.6.38-core2-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb
8ed374df14a272a2f6b1b9965e2c791f  linux-image-2.6.38-core2_2.6.38-core2-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb
18178d1152414f33ad68bc3270ed0f25  Readme.odt
6a2fa492b0191bdd1b28544f663a170d  Readme.pdf


Dropbox download links











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Custom kernel 2.6.37.4 ubuntu amd64 packages optimized for core2 and above processors


Kernel 2.6.37.4 amd64 ubuntu packages optimized for core2 and above  built by me and uploaded to dropbox for anyone who would like to test.

The files can be downloaded from the following links and can be checked against the SHA256SUM and MD5SUM given at the bottom of this blog to verify if the correct file is downloaded

SHA256SUMS

24662b848d7b3fe2c5988a68bcafeceb1a88812c5446bf6b5d53d31f1451455b  CONFIG
1e217f59471add7ceea73e6f1352b639e95e346a96ec9c15fff8adf249c6785c  linux-headers-2.6.37.4-core2_2.6.37.4-core2-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb
e207bd7963a8683b6a17b12f34d824563e148e06ea03398f62c7171da6a63d2b  linux-image-2.6.37.4-core2_2.6.37.4-core2-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb
350174eb745c0291ad7c04336049da9235c04f543247a8122c0e4699aa83aa8a  Readme.odt
2ef3bf1210fd3136676287c89906c4fe9464aad8bb5b5ec8e663d4304ab8362d  Readme.pdf

MD5SUMS

f13d6d10e37690b3d7417e3a5dd8b82f  CONFIG
c906d3766c55e41542735e05db8b8e1d  linux-headers-2.6.37.4-core2_2.6.37.4-core2-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb
94390f3334cdf2d420a3cccdb53d5b3b  linux-image-2.6.37.4-core2_2.6.37.4-core2-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb
8ac1336d60b1ba0b78807c514ef52a6b  Readme.odt
eb983d7d2b4c1165c622d677ee1856d0  Readme.pdf

Download Links









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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Testing Gentoo Live DVD

I have memories of installing gentoo 4 or 5  years back. It was fun and as usual I messed up initial two times. Third time I installed successfully but again, I wanted to emerge everything and messed up and went distro hopping.

I learned a lot from gentoo and was quite a fun to play with. Not to mention I scared my colleagues and friends by mere mention of gentoo running in my system

I wasn't a blogger then and not good at writing, well I improved a bit to student level of blogging now and see, you are reading this now!!


Now it is easy to test drive gentoo, hopefully I may not get tempted to install it, but who knows ...

It is nice that the live dvd is running quite fast from my pendrive, thanks to dd command and hybrid iso of gentoo

Great fun to see gentoo in action, it is blazing fast. The real fun are its wallpapers so lovely and humorous at times. Here are some screenshots of those backgrounds for your reading pleasure, of course by running the live dvd yourself, you can relish those amazing wallpapers yourself




Here are some other boring screenshots of menus and terminals unlike the above


There is more to emerge, sorry, I meant more to gentoo

:)
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Custom kernel 2.6.37.3 ubuntu amd64 packages

Kernel 2.6.37.3 amd64 ubuntu packages optimized for core2 and above  built by me and uploaded to dropbox for anyone who would like to test.


The files can be downloaded from the following links and can be checked against the SHA256SUM and MD5SUM given at the bottom of this blog to verify if the correct file is downloaded


.config file

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22900905/MyKernelBuilds/2.6.37/CONFIG

kernel header  package

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22900905/MyKernelBuilds/2.6.37/linux-headers-2.6.37.3-core2_2.6.37.3-core2-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb

kernel image  package

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22900905/MyKernelBuilds/2.6.37/linux-image-2.6.37.3-core2_2.6.37.3-core2-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb

Readme in open document format

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22900905/MyKernelBuilds/2.6.37/Readme.odt

Readme in pdf format

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22900905/MyKernelBuilds/2.6.37/Readme.pdf

MD5SUMS



1ee1111cf3883e0beef12f46bb23627c  CONFIG
dea98bef24142cf5a4214591dae2f3c0  linux-headers-2.6.37.3-core2_2.6.37.3-core2-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb
80e8231242c7571bdfed7e18368dd972  linux-image-2.6.37.3-core2_2.6.37.3-core2-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb
a6d49b5190f7923e54902823318b22cf  Readme.odt
e27059e88a210626ecc3c51e4392563c  Readme.pdf



SHA256SUMS




db09dd954e141d6f3d2d1227cd2a8cec242a05607be9782660a2050caa86ba6e  CONFIG
8e363e2d64a393e4e51679cbd334a4bed4d9e928d79cb9059e0c235bfa9e21e0  linux-headers-2.6.37.3-core2_2.6.37.3-core2-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb
c25ebae831037a3bda8793bc0643adf4c815959cbea606e293d4ce57015306bb  linux-image-2.6.37.3-core2_2.6.37.3-core2-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb
0765ae504718cacddce41617ac823f63bb724d02867dcda1865b97a80e279dbc  Readme.odt
9b1d4514cc5c8af2c44ae8d7dd86c2eba53168498f68dc80fcb12537f8729433  Readme.pdf




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