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As someone using eclean-kernel somewhat regularly, I figured I should |
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mention what running `make all modules_install install` in the kernel |
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source looks like: |
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$ ls -F1 /boot |
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config-4.6.0-gentoo |
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config-4.6.1-gentoo |
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config-4.6.2-gentoo |
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config-4.6.3-gentoo |
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efi/ |
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grub/ |
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initramfs-4.6.0-gentoo.img |
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initramfs-4.6.1-gentoo.img |
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initramfs-4.6.2-gentoo.img |
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initramfs-4.6.3-gentoo.img |
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lost+found/ |
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System.map-4.6.0-gentoo |
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System.map-4.6.1-gentoo |
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System.map-4.6.2-gentoo |
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System.map-4.6.3-gentoo |
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vmlinuz-4.6.0-gentoo |
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vmlinuz-4.6.1-gentoo |
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vmlinuz-4.6.2-gentoo |
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vmlinuz-4.6.3-gentoo |
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This is from running `make install` with files in /etc/kernel/postinst.d to |
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run the following: |
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cd /boot; dracut --force --kver=$1 --install "<list of firmware> |
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grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg |
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/etc/grub.d/10_linux (in sys-boot/grub:2) does have a collection of names |
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it searches through as well, including 13 variants of initrd for the same |
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kernel version. |
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Thanks for maintaining this tool, it's pretty useful in this |
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straightforward case. |
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On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 8:38 AM, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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> Hello, everyone. |
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> |
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> Back in 2011 I started a project called eclean-kernel. The idea was |
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> pretty simple -- to have a tool that would clean the old kernels for |
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> me since their install is not controlled by the package manager. This |
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> little project of mine seems to have gained a lot of popularity. |
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> |
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> Sadly, over time a lot of people had trouble with it. Aside to minor |
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> Python problems, eclean-kernel proved too simple to handle multitude of |
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> user systems with varying /boot layouts. In fact, even I don't use it |
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> on all of my systems since it doesn't handle them properly. |
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> |
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> After being buried in another set of bug reports, I'd like to |
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> officially ask Gentoo developers and users for help. I think it's |
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> impossible to solve most of the bugs reported so far in the current |
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> program design. Therefore, I'd like to rewrite it in a more flexible |
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> manner. |
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> |
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> For this reason, I would like to ask you to provide me with |
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> different /boot layouts you may have, had or seen. Basically, the idea |
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> is to collect as many different layouts as necessary, and use that to |
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> design eclean-kernel in a way making it possible to easily configure it |
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> to handle proper variant -- or even possibly make it capable of |
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> autoconfiguration. |
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> |
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> So if you have some time, please reply to this thread with |
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> a specific /boot layout that you think needs to be handled, with |
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> as much helpful information as possible -- including possible |
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> distinctive features and pitfalls. |
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> |
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> Thanks in advance. |
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> |
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> -- |
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> Best regards, |
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> Michał Górny |
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> <http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/> |
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> |
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