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Brad House wrote: |
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| GenKernel in CVS |
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| gentoo/src/genkernel_bradmssw |
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| is in a usable state. It should work for about any arch |
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| right now, though it needs the arch-specific configs |
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| still. The only arch it has been extensively tested on |
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| is 'amd64', though I have successfully compiled kernels |
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| for x86, but not booted them. Weeve also has an in-development |
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| config for Sparc32 and Sparc64, we need PPC guys to start testing it. |
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Cool - I can bother the PPC folks too, pvdabeel handles that project, |
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correct? Do they have their own default config yet, or do they need to |
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create one? |
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| Also, drobbins and myself are working on a new linuxrc for the |
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| initrd in CVS |
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| gentoo/src/initrd_linuxrc |
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| which is much improved over the old linuxrc scripts as it |
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| combines functionality for livecds, and normal booting, |
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| so there isn't a specific script for each, which makes |
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| genkernel easier to maintain and use. Still needs testing |
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| on loading modules automatically, and genkernel needs to be |
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| adapted to create the proper dependancy lists for copying |
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| modules to the initrd. |
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Good - anything I can do to assist? |
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| Also I have an internal genkernel version that utilizes less |
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| space by making use of devfs and devfsd internally for dev nodes |
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| which reduces overhead by about 650k in the filesystem for the |
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| inodes it would have to create on a MAKEDEV generic-i386. I should |
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| be able to commit this over the weekend. |
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Is this just x86 specific? |
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| Oh yeah, it should work for 2.4 and 2.6 kernels, but has really |
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| only been tested on 2.4. |
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If need be, create a snap and mail -dev. Usually they have a good test |
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response ... I have had luck w/ that avenue before. |
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Thanks Brad and Daniel - I look forward to seeing this in action :) If |
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you need me to do any testing, or recruit some people, etc, let me know. |
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Daniel - are we prepared to integrate this after the linuxrc stuff is |
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done? I am thinking that it won't be too hard, but you are the python guy ;) |
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What about the livecd folks - livewire, pvdabeel? |
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Regards, |
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//zhen |
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