Compiling kernel: what are the cons against arch kernel?

As the title

Procyon wrote:
broch wrote:so total time is ~25 min
I don't see drawbacks, only advantages.
Don't forget recompiling things that need the kernel like nvidia. That's what's been keeping me from trying it out.
It only takes a few minutes for me to install nvidia drivers to any new kernel that I make. I don't use the Arch nvidia driver, I use either the stable or beta driver offered from this page: http://nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=122606
Basically, after building my new parallel kernel I restart/reboot and then log into the new kernel from my edited GRUB list, then of course I will be greeted by my console login prompt. I log into my username, change directory to my downloaded nvidia driver and run this command:
sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-180.06-pkg2.run
Then click yes and ok a few times and it builds my kernel module and also the 32libs, then it finishes in 1 minutes, then "sudo reboot -n" and now my nvidia work for my new kernel.
..... and I always have my stock -ARCH default kernel as a backup that can either use my downloaded nvidia driver or the Arch one.
What took the most time for me was learning which way to use for building a seperate kernel to install along side of my -ARCH default one. Perfecting the PKGBUILD and preset/install scripts took a bit of figuring out.
The actual compile time isn't that long, 15-25 minutes..... maybe even less? I use the "-j3" option for my MAKEFLAGS in /etc/makepkg.conf file.
The "make menuconfig" way can take anywhere from less than 1 minute to an hour..... if you read about every single thing available (which is a good learning experience even if you don't have that hardware or experience).
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