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From: "João Matos" <jaoneto@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: genkernel 2 manual
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:27:16
Message-Id: CAP4tJZ+qOR78YzDTiAJ_oKpcJ=kxqXfTES3OwSpzQ7nEBwWG7w@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] genkernel 2 manual by "João Matos"
1 Well, It is being easy than I thought. I've compilled it and the boot is
2 faster since initramfs is not needed anymore :).
3
4 I'll now remove the hundreds of unneeded drivers.
5
6 2012/10/23 João Matos <jaoneto@×××××.com>
7
8 > Hi list.
9 >
10 > I've been using Gentoo for quite a long time, and today I decided to try
11 > compiling the kernel myself, Thing I've never done before. I want a smaller
12 > kernel, a faster boot (without initramfs) and, of course, some fun :).
13 >
14 > I'm still reading the oficial documentation, but I don't think it will be
15 > enough, so, if anyone of you know some documentation more detailed, I'd
16 > appreciate reading it.
17 >
18 > I've just ran 'make xconfig', and I noticed that the configuration is the
19 > same from genkernel (genkernel --menuconfig). Is it good? Should I get an
20 > original .conf, with less garbage, or this is just the 'normal default'
21 > instead of 'genkernel default' as I'm guessing?
22 >
23 > Is there any tool that can scan my pc and help me out with the .conf or
24 > even generate one? I guess not. There are lots of options that I have no
25 > idea what they are for. I think this will be the fun part, but I think I
26 > can't get a running kernel before I optimize it, so I can do it gradually.
27 >
28 > Just for curiosity, what is the size of your kernel? Mine is 3.4 MB.
29 >
30 > Thank you,
31 > --
32 > João de Matos
33 > Linux User #461527
34 >
35 >
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38 --
39 João de Matos
40 Linux User #461527
41 Graduando em Engenharia de Computação 2005.1
42 UEFS - Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: genkernel 2 manual Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>