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From: Azamat Hackimov <azamat.hackimov@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Question about genkernel's default kernel config
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 10:04:16
Message-Id: CAFqVybo67+kjCXg7t+2g2tc-svqnVBY0iJQ+298id3EO3bnFPg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Question about genkernel's default kernel config by Neil Bothwick
1 2016-08-15 13:43 GMT+05:00 Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>:
2
3 > On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 12:27:43 +0500, Azamat Hackimov wrote:
4 >
5 > > Definitely you should build own kernel configuration, and genkernel can
6 > > significantly ease this task.
7 > > genkernel supports --menuconfig and --oldconfig (which placed into
8 > > /etc/kernels by default) options, so you can customize and rebuild new
9 > > versions of kernel based on customized config.
10 >
11 > How is that "significantly easier" than typing make oldconfig?
12 >
13 >
14 > --
15 > Neil Bothwick
16 >
17 > Drive not ready: (R)etry (G)o to Impulse (C)all Engineering
18 >
19
20 Well, at least for me it's much easier just type
21
22 genkernel --oldconfig=/etc/kernels/<someconfig>
23
24 than
25
26 cp <path-to-oldconfig> config
27 make oldconfig
28 make
29 make modules
30 make install
31 <some quirk command to make initramfs>
32 grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
33
34
35 --
36 From Siberia with Love!

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