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On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann |
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<volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Am 26.10.2014 um 21:16 schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: |
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>> On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Alec Ten Harmsel |
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>> <alec@××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> On 10/26/2014 03:47 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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>>>> Am 26.10.2014 um 20:09 schrieb Alexander Kapshuk: |
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>>>>> I've been using gentoo-sources for a while now. |
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>>>>> I remember reading on this list about some users using alternative |
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>>>>> kernels on their gentoo systems. My understanding is that amongst some |
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>>>>> of the other alternatives, besides the genkernel, which I'm not |
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>>>>> interested in using, are vanilla-sources available in the portage |
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>>>>> tree, and the sources available on kernel.org. |
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>>>>> I'd appreciate being given some pointers on how the folk here maintain |
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>>>>> their alternative kernels. |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> Thanks. |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> . |
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>>>>> |
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>>>> I let portage update the vanilla-sources and once in a while a build and |
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>>>> install a new kernel. At the moment I am on 3.12.23. Maybe I install |
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>>>> 3.12.30 tonight. If I find a good reason to do so. |
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>>>> |
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>>> What happens when you run `emerge --depclean`? |
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>>> I always un-keyword the exact version of vanilla-sources that I'm |
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>>> running since I update and depclean on a weekly basis. I'm not a huge |
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>>> fan of having a bunch of kernels under /usr/src/linux-* but only having |
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>>> a couple of them compiled, but to each his own I guess. |
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>> I have sys-kernel/vanilla-sources in package.keywords, unversioned. So |
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>> depclean cleans away the older versions, and I keep the latest one. |
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>> I'm on 3.17.1 right now, but the moment 3.17.2 comes out I will switch |
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>> to it in all my machines: with kerninst is all of it mostly |
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>> automatized. |
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>> And with systemd, rebooting to a new kernel takes just a few seconds ;) |
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>> Regards. |
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> and without systemd, rebooting to a new kernel takes just a few seconds too. |
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Yeah Volker, whatever you say. You always make me laugh. |
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> Keep your stupid propaganda to yourself. Thank you. |
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You are free to stop reading me if you want. Me? I want to keep |
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reading you, you are hilarious, specially how do you think I will do |
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anything you'll say. Funny, funny guy. Keep it up. |
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> As long as most time of a boot is spend by the bios, it really does not |
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> matter if the init system needs 1.5 seconds until X starts or 2.5 seconds. |
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Actually, with UEFI fastboot and Gummiboot, the kernel starts to boot |
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in just a couple of seconds. But, as with many other things you say, |
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is obvious you don't know what you are talking about, so believe |
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whatever you want. |
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I'll just keep laughing at you. |
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Regards. |
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Canek Peláez Valdés |
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Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |