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nightmorph 07/03/19 08:18:59 |
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Modified: hb-install-x86+amd64-kernel.xml |
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Log: |
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lots of cleanups for the kernel config, including removal of 2.4 stuff |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.5 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-x86+amd64-kernel.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-x86+amd64-kernel.xml?rev=1.5&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-x86+amd64-kernel.xml?rev=1.5&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-x86+amd64-kernel.xml?r1=1.4&r2=1.5 |
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Index: hb-install-x86+amd64-kernel.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-x86+amd64-kernel.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.4 |
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retrieving revision 1.5 |
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diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5 |
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--- hb-install-x86+amd64-kernel.xml 14 Mar 2007 06:24:40 -0000 1.4 |
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+++ hb-install-x86+amd64-kernel.xml 19 Mar 2007 08:18:59 -0000 1.5 |
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ |
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<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-x86+amd64-kernel.xml,v 1.4 2007/03/14 06:24:40 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-x86+amd64-kernel.xml,v 1.5 2007/03/19 08:18:59 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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<sections> |
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explains how to configure your kernel. |
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</abstract> |
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-<version>4.3</version> |
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+<version>5.0</version> |
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<date>2007-03-12</date> |
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<section> |
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<p> |
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You first need to select your timezone so that your system knows where it is |
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-located. Look for your timezone in <path>/usr/share/zoneinfo</path>, then copy |
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-it to <path>/etc/localtime</path>. Please avoid the |
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+located. Look for your timezone in <path>/usr/share/zoneinfo</path>. You then |
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+set your timezone in <path>/etc/conf.d/clock</path>. Please avoid the |
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<path>/usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/GMT*</path> timezones as their names do not |
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indicate the expected zones. For instance, <path>GMT-8</path> is in fact GMT+8. |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Setting the timezone information"> |
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# <i>ls /usr/share/zoneinfo</i> |
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<comment>(Suppose you want to use GMT)</comment> |
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-# <i>cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT /etc/localtime</i> |
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+# <i>nano -w /etc/conf.d/clock</i> |
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+TIMEZONE="GMT" |
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</pre> |
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</body> |
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</p> |
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<p test="func:keyval('arch')='AMD64'"> |
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-For AMD64-based systems we have <c>gentoo-sources</c> (kernel v2.6 source |
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-patched with amd64 specific fixes for stability, performance and hardware |
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-support). |
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+For AMD64-based systems we have <c>gentoo-sources</c> (kernel source patched |
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+with amd64 specific fixes for stability, performance and hardware support). |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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</body> |
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<body test="func:keyval('arch')='x86'"> |
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-<p> |
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-If you are using a 2.4 kernel, you need to select <c>/dev file |
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-system</c> as 2.4 kernels do not support <c>udev</c>. |
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-</p> |
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<pre caption="Selecting necessary file systems"> |
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-<comment>(With a 2.4.x kernel)</comment> |
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-File systems ---> |
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- [*] Virtual memory file system support (former shm fs) |
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- [*] /proc file system support |
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- [*] /dev file system support (EXPERIMENTAL) |
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- [*] automatically mount /dev at boot |
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- [ ] /dev/pts file system for Unix98 PTYs |
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- |
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-<comment>(With a 2.6.x kernel)</comment> |
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File systems ---> |
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Pseudo Filesystems ---> |
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[*] /proc file system support |
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<*> XFS filesystem support |
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</pre> |
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-<p> |
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-If your BIOS can't handle large hard drives and you jumpered the hard drive to |
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-report a limited size you have to enable the following option to gain access to |
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-your whole hard drive: |
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-</p> |
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- |
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-<pre caption="Selecting autogeometry resizing support"> |
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-<comment>(2.4.x kernel only)</comment> |
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-ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support ---> |
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- IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices ---> |
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- <*> Include IDE/ATA-2 DISK support |
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- [ ] Use multi-mode by default |
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- [*] Auto-Geometry Resizing support |
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-</pre> |
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</body> |
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<body test="func:keyval('arch')='AMD64'"> |
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</pre> |
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<pre caption="Selecting PPPoE necessary drivers" test="func:keyval('arch')='x86'"> |
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-<comment>(With a 2.4.x kernel)</comment> |
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-Network device support ---> |
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- <*> PPP (point-to-point protocol) support |
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- <*> PPP support for async serial ports |
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- <*> PPP support for sync tty ports |
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-<comment>(With a 2.6.x kernel)</comment> |
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Device Drivers ---> |
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Networking support ---> |
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<*> PPP (point-to-point protocol) support |
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<body test="func:keyval('arch')='x86'"> |
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<p> |
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-Laptop-users who want PCMCIA support should <e>not</e> use the PCMCIA drivers if |
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-they choose to use a 2.4 kernel. More recent drivers are available through the |
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-<c>pcmcia-cs</c> package which will be installed later on. 2.6-kernel users |
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-however should use the PCMCIA drivers from the kernel. |
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-</p> |
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-<p> |
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-Besides compiling in PCMCIA support in the 2.6 kernel, don't forget to enable |
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+If you want PCMCIA support for your laptop, don't forget to enable |
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support for the PCMCIA card bridge present in your system: |
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</p> |
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-<pre caption="Enabling PCMCIA support for 2.6 kernels"> |
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+<pre caption="Enabling PCMCIA support"> |
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Bus options (PCI, PCMCIA, EISA, MCA, ISA) ---> |
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PCCARD (PCMCIA/CardBus) support ---> |
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<*> PCCard (PCMCIA/CardBus) support |
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the configuration and start the compilation process: |
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</p> |
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-<pre caption="Compiling the kernel" test="func:keyval('arch')='x86'"> |
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-<comment>(For 2.4 kernel)</comment> |
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-# <i>make dep && make bzImage modules modules_install</i> |
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-<comment>(For 2.6 kernel)</comment> |
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-# <i>make && make modules_install</i> |
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-</pre> |
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- |
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-<pre caption="Compiling the kernel" test="func:keyval('arch')='AMD64'"> |
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+<pre caption="Compiling the kernel"> |
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# <i>make && make modules_install</i> |
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</pre> |
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<body test="func:keyval('arch')='x86'"> |
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<p> |
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-Next, if you are going to configure a 2.6 kernel, copy over the kernel |
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-configuration used by the Installation CD to the location where genkernel |
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-looks for the default kernel configuration: |
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+Next, copy over the kernel configuration used by the Installation CD to the |
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+location where genkernel looks for the default kernel configuration: |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Copying over the Installation CD kernel config"> |
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-<comment>(Only do this if you are going to configure a 2.6 kernel)</comment> |
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# <i>zcat /proc/config.gz > /usr/share/genkernel/x86/kernel-config-2.6</i> |
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</pre> |
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<title>Configuring the Modules</title> |
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<body> |
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-<note test="func:keyval('arch')='x86'"> |
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-If you chose a kernel 2.4, replace occurrences of <c>2.6</c> with <c>2.4</c> in |
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-this section. |
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-</note> |
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<p> |
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You should list the modules you want automatically loaded in |
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<path>/etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6</path>. You can add extra options to |
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