neysx 06/07/23 12:27:14
Modified: kernel-upgrade.xml
Log:
#138582 no need for --udev w/ genkernel anymore, how to reuse config with genkernel
Revision Changes Path
1.16 xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml?rev=1.16&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml?rev=1.16&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml?r1=1.15&r2=1.16
Index: kernel-upgrade.xml
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.15
retrieving revision 1.16
diff -u -r1.15 -r1.16
--- kernel-upgrade.xml 4 May 2006 16:49:14 -0000 1.15
+++ kernel-upgrade.xml 23 Jul 2006 12:27:14 -0000 1.16
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml,v 1.15 2006/05/04 16:49:14 fox2mike Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml,v 1.16 2006/07/23 12:27:14 neysx Exp $ -->
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
<guide link="/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml">
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>0.4</version>
-<date>2006-05-04</date>
+<version>0.5</version>
+<date>2006-07-23</date>
<chapter>
<title>Introduction</title>
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@
<p>
For either of these options, you should refer to the instructions given in the
-<uri link="/doc/en/handbook/index.xml">Gentoo
-Handbook</uri> relating to <e>Configuring the Kernel</e> and <e>Configuring
-the Bootloader</e>. Below is an outline of the required actions:
+<uri link="/doc/en/handbook/">Gentoo Handbook</uri> relating to <e>Configuring
+the Kernel</e> and <e>Configuring the Bootloader</e>. Below is an outline of
+the required actions:
</p>
</body>
@@ -192,18 +192,14 @@
</p>
<pre caption="Invoking genkernel">
-<comment>(For 2.4 kernels:)</comment>
# <i>genkernel all</i>
-
-<comment>(For 2.6 kernels:)</comment>
-# <i>genkernel --udev all</i>
</pre>
<p>
You can also use extra parameters for other genkernel functionality. For
example, if you wish to configure some extra kernel options using
-<c>menuconfig</c> and you wish genkernel to automatically update your grub
-boot loader configuration, then invoke genkernel as follows:
+<c>menuconfig</c> and you wish genkernel to automatically update your grub boot
+loader configuration, then invoke genkernel as follows:
</p>
<pre caption="Invoking genkernel with some common arguments">
@@ -211,9 +207,8 @@
</pre>
<p>
-For more info, follow the
-<uri link="/doc/en/genkernel.xml">Gentoo Linux Genkernel
-Guide</uri>, or refer to the <uri link="/doc/en/handbook/index.xml">Gentoo
+For more info, follow the <uri link="/doc/en/genkernel.xml">Gentoo Linux
+Genkernel Guide</uri>, or refer to the <uri link="/doc/en/handbook/">Gentoo
Handbook</uri>. Many of the options can be set in the configuration file for
<c>genkernel</c>, <path>/etc/genkernel.conf</path>.
</p>
@@ -420,9 +415,9 @@
</p>
<p>
-To reuse your old <path>.config</path>, you simply need to copy it over and then
-run <c>make oldconfig</c>. In the following example, we take the configuration
-from <c>gentoo-sources-2.6.9-r1</c> and import it into
+To reuse your old <path>.config</path>, you simply need to copy it over and
+then run <c>make oldconfig</c>. In the following example, we take the
+configuration from <c>gentoo-sources-2.6.9-r1</c> and import it into
<c>gentoo-sources-2.6.9-r2</c>.
</p>
@@ -432,6 +427,12 @@
# <i>make oldconfig</i>
</pre>
+<pre caption="Reusing your old config with genkernel">
+# <i>cd /etc/kernels</i>
+# <i>cp kernel-config-x86-2.6.9-gentoo-r1 kernel-config-x86-2.6.9-gentoo-r2</i>
+# <i>genkernel all</i>
+</pre>
+
<p>
At this point, you may be asked to produce answers for configuration options
which have changed between the two versions. Once you have done that, you can
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