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Bob Wya <bob.mt.wya <at> gmail.com> writes: |
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> I had a look at the kernel-2 eclass and my head started to hurt... Do |
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> I need to wade into the weeds or is there a "short-cut" I can take to |
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> go back to the earliest gentoo-sources 3.18 kernel build |
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Might this help [1] ? |
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I always keep at least 6 older kernels around, for this and many other |
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reasons. If I hack at something (kernelish) then what the resultant |
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effect is (on the kernel) is hard to remember 6 months laters. |
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I do not do enough kernel hacking to warrant my own git repo, but |
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I have considered that two. Using gentoo for about a decade now, |
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I found it just easier to keep older kernels around, sometimes |
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for years, but no more than 7 versions. |
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I stay with amd64 and sometimes I boot up an old system, just to scp |
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a kernel from one machine to another...... |
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I have always found that older kernels, particularly less than a year |
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old most always boot too. Sure there is a more modern, savvy method |
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to keep old kernels around, so hopefully somebody else will |
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pipe up about exactly what you need. Add to this the slobberingly stupid |
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pace of linux kernel releases and you'll understand why lots of |
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folks are archiving kernels (sources and binaries) from the stable |
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branches...... |
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Does systemd provide and tools for this? |
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sorry, |
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James |
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[1] http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kernel/Upgrade/en |