* General setup:
          o RCU Subsystem (ignore if not present)
                + Enable RCU Implementation (Preemptible RCU)
                + Disable Enable tracing for RCU
    * Processor type and features:
          o Enable Tickless System (Dynamic Ticks)
          o Enable High Resolution Timer Support
          o Select your processor under Processor family
          o Change Preemtion Mode to Complete Preemption (Real-Time)
          o Enable Enable priority boosting of RCU read-side critical sections (ignore if not present)
          o Disable Enable tracing for RCU - currently stats in debugfs (ignore if not present)
          o Enable Machine Check Exception and select Intel or AMD depending on your CPU
          o Change Timer frequency to 100 HZ
    * Power management and ACPI options
          o Enable Power Management support
          o Disable Power Management Debug Support
          o Disable Suspend to RAM and standby
          o Disable Hibernation (aka 'suspend to disk')
          o Enable ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support
          o Disable CPU Frequency scaling
          o Disable CPU idle PM support
    * Networking support
          o Networking options
                + Enable Packet socket: mmapped IO
                + Optionally disable Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter) (Warning: this will disable your firewall!)
                + Disable QoS and/or fair queueing (Unless you need and use it...)
    * Device Drivers
          o Disable Watchdog Timer Support
          o Enable Real Time Clock
                + Enable PC-style 'CMOS'
    * Kernel hacking
          o Disable everything