Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Question about genkernel's default kernel config

[Todd Goodman]

* Ian Zimmerman <itz@××××.org> [160814 14:49]:
> On 2016-08-14 14:49 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>
> > genkernel builds a kernel like for a binary distro or a LiveCD - works
> > everywhere (by enabling everything). You can customized it with a config
> > somehwow (I forget the details). But this is gentoo:
> >
> > cd /usr/src/<kernel-ver>
> > make menuconfig
>
> Don't you still need genkernel if you want to build an initramfs?
>
> The handbook (amd64) seems to imply you do, and I don't know of an easy
> way to build an initramfs just with the bare kernel source.

No, you don't have to use genkernel to build an initramfs (though using
genkernel will get you an initramfs.)

You can use dracut or any other initramfs builder after building the
kernel from "bare source."

I do that on three servers but generally just use genkernel on my
laptops and desktop machines.

Todd