Kernel vs Hardware

[D. Michael McIntyre]

On Monday 14 April 2008, Larry Hartman wrote:

> So then there is no mismatch taking place in my configuration?

i386 is the lowest common denominator, built only with the instruction set for 
the old 80386, which everything supports.

I really don't know how kernels work these days, with all this 
new "linux-image-generic" and stuff flying around.  I have no idea, and I 
didn't find an easy reference quickly.  If you really care, you'll have to do 
your own homework.

In the meantime, you can stop worrying about a mismatch.  Your system will run 
fine.  I used to screw around with kernels to optimize everything perfectly 
for my specific hardware.  Two things resulted from that.  First, there was 
never any performance gain I could detect with the naked eye, so to speak.  
Second, if my mobo fried and I had to move my hard drive to a different 
computer, I now had a pain in the ass to deal with.

You're probably fine like you are.
-- 
D. Michael McIntyre