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On 2020-04-22 오전 1:48, Consus wrote: |
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> On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 06:33:05PM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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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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>>> |
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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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>>> |
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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 usually will |
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>>> include it. |
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>>> |
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>>> Gentoo-sources is under the umbrella of the Gentoo Kernel Team. |
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>>> |
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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 |
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>>> that should generally work for everyone. It looks like it uses the |
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>>> config file from Arch Linux. The kernel project is not involved with |
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>>> 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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> Package gentoo-kernel is the source package. It contains kernel source |
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> code + default usable config and builds you a new kernel during emerge. |
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> gentoo-kernel-bin contains prebuilt kernel image without any source |
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> code. |
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I have two questions. |
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First, how much different between the gentoo-kernel-bin's '.config', and |
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gentoo-kernel's '.config'? I mean, is it quite similarly big to cover |
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most of the normal devices? |
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Second, how about adding these simple description in the handbook, in |
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the section 'Configuring the Linux kernel'. Then, the new-comers can |
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read and understand the differences and can choose what fits for them. |
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Thanks. |
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Regards, |
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W. H. Jeon |
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