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