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On 10/26/2014 08:43 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: |
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> On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Giuseppe Pappalardo |
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>> <me@××××××××××××××××××.eu> wrote: |
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>>> On 10/26/2014 08:23 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: |
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>>>> As to how do I maintain them, I wrote a little utility that I've been |
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>>>> using from the last year or so: |
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>>>> https://github.com/canek-pelaez/kerninst |
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>>>> With it, after I install a new kernel using the normal portage |
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>>>> procedure, I just do: |
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>>>> eselect kernel set <new-version> |
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>>>> kerninst |
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>>>> And that's it. Be aware that you need to provide your own kernel configuration. |
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>>>> Regards. |
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>>> How does this differs from just enabling the "symlink" USE flag in |
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>>> vanilla-sources? |
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>> AFAIU, the symlink USE flag just updates the /usr/src/linux link |
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>> automatically at install time (although I have never used it). |
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>> kerninst configures (using a user-provided .config file), compiles, |
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>> and installs the kernel in the correct location (/boot if using GRUB2, |
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>> a more complex location if using Gummiboot), and then it updates the |
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>> configuration of the boot manager (either GRUB2 or Gummiboot). |
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> Oh, I forgot; it also generates an initramfs for it with dracut. This |
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> is important: kerninst assumes you use an initramfs, and that you use |
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> dracut to create it. Also, it assumes you already configured |
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> dracut.conf. |
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> Regards. |
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Got it. Thanks a lot for your clarification. |
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