| 1 |
On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> wrote: |
| 2 |
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> wrote: |
| 3 |
[snip] |
| 4 |
>> Debian uses initramfs-tools... |
| 5 |
> |
| 6 |
> AFAIK, neither genkernel nor dracut were expected to get tied to the |
| 7 |
> Gentoo update process. Has that changed? |
| 8 |
|
| 9 |
The kernel you are running (if you update your machine) is not tied to |
| 10 |
the Gentoo update process. The *source code* gets installed, but the |
| 11 |
kernel source remains unchanged in /usr/src/whatever. It's the user |
| 12 |
responsibility to configure, compile, and install the kernel (and then |
| 13 |
update LILO, grub-legacy or GRUB2). It can be automated with (ta-da) |
| 14 |
genkernel, but it's not "tied to the Gentoo update process". |
| 15 |
|
| 16 |
I really don't see that much difference with needing to also update |
| 17 |
the initramfs, if needed. |
| 18 |
|
| 19 |
Because, besides, if your /usr is not in a different partition, you |
| 20 |
don't even *need* an initramfs. In that case not using an initramfs is |
| 21 |
supported by all upstreams. |
| 22 |
|
| 23 |
Regards. |
| 24 |
-- |
| 25 |
Canek Peláez Valdés |
| 26 |
Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación |
| 27 |
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
Archives