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Something which I havn't found any explicit elaboration of in the |
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documentation... |
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The convention in the Linux/gentoo filesystem seems to be to have a unique |
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directory for each installed kernel in /usr/src, with a symbolic link to |
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the 'current' kernel directory named /usr/src/linux.. |
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The question is - is this just a user convenience, or will parts of |
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the system break if it is not maintained correctly? |
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The reason I ask is that if I have several kernels which I have configured |
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grub to allow me to select from at boot time, where should this symlink |
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point? The newest kernel? An experimental one being worked on? The one most |
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recently booted from. If the latter case then it is likely to be wrong for |
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a finite period following boot until the system has come up far enough to |
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allow me to update it. |
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Anyone know what is likely to break (if anything) if I boot from a kernel |
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other than the one which corresponds to the directory /usr/src/linux points |
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to, and neglect to update the link? Does it direct (for instance) the target |
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directory for an emerge of new kernel components? Or does it perhaps have to |
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point to the kernel being built during any recompile? |
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Regards, |
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DigbyT |
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Digby R. S. Tarvin digbyt@××××××.com |
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http://www.digbyt.com |
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