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> IMO, it depends on the impact of the changes.  If it is just an increase
> in the size of the kernel, go for it.  After all GENERIC is a pig anyway.
> If it is going to slow down a GENERIC kernel, I would recommend against it.
> While it is not recommended to run GENERIC for performance reasons, it is
> often done, and the extra size is not really an issue on modern(*) x86
> hardware.

for people who can't compile it's own kernel we should bother of
performance.


> It would be quite painful to rebuild a custom kernel on a PS/2 with 16MB,
> or even 8MB.  Especially if the kernel itself is over 5MB!

couldn't PS/2 things go to install-small?