Re: [gentoo-user] Re: sys-kernel/gentoo-sources vs. sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel vs. sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin

[Gerion Entrup]

Am Dienstag, 21. April 2020, 17:33:05 CEST schrieb Nikos Chantziaras:
> On 21/04/2020 18:05, Gerion Entrup wrote:
> > what is the difference between these three packages? I don't get it from the description alone.
> >
> > gentoo-sources: A linux kernel source tree with Gentoo patchset
> > gentoo-kernel-bin: A linux kernel binary image with initramfs?
> > gentoo-kernel: ???
>
> This is what Mike Pagano (who maintains gentoo-sources and is part of
> Gentoo's kernel team) had to say:
>
> > Gentoo-sources is the upstream kernel with our patches on top.
> > They could include experimental patches (use=experimental),
> > or fixes that have not made it into the mainline upstream kernel.
> >
> > If you have something you might want in gentoo-sources, all it
> > takes is a bug and some discussion and if it makes sense we
> > usually will include it.
> >
> > Gentoo-sources is under the umbrella of the Gentoo Kernel Team.
> >
> > gentoo-kernel is a project done by a developer outside of the kernel team.
> > I believe his goal was to provide a kernel with a sane default config that
> > should generally work for everyone.  It looks like it uses the config file
> > from Arch Linux.  The kernel project is not involved with that.
> > I think (it's not my work), the idea is like when you install Ubuntu or some other
> > distro where they try to make a kernel with a config covering a ton of stuff so
> > you don't have to compile your own.
>
> Unfortunately he didn't say anything about gentoo-kernel-bin. So... no idea.

Somewhat related to that is:
https://blogs.gentoo.org/mgorny/2019/12/19/a-distribution-kernel-for-gentoo/

However, mgorny speaks about vanialla-kernel not gentoo-kernel(-bin) there.


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