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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] genkernel's new configs not used?
Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2022 15:45:02
Message-Id: dadbe32e-b419-8b67-ea4c-1a847c1b114a@youngman.org.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] genkernel's new configs not used? by Neil Bothwick
1 On 01/01/2022 08:39, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Fri, 31 Dec 2021 22:21:53 -0700, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
3 >
4 >> On 12/31/21 21:43, caveman رَجُلُ الْكَهْفِ 穴居人 wrote:
5 >>> On Friday, December 31st, 2021 at 6:52 PM, Jack
6 >>> <ostroffjh@×××××××××××××××××.net> wrote:
7 >>>> .... You would still need to run genkernel
8 >>>> again for that new version.
9 >>>
10 >>> so, no auto-migration for configs? i thought
11 >>> configs used to migrate automatically.
12 >>>
13 >>> basically i'm trying to avoid building some
14 >>> modules.
15 >>
16 >> When it comes to kernel nothing is fully automatic.
17 >>
18 >> Go though these commands:
19 >>
20 >> cd /usr/src
21 >> rm linux
22
23 Does that work? Or do you need to use "unlink"? And anyway, the next few
24 commands make it redundant.
25 >>
26 >> eselect kernel list
27 >> eselect kernel set #
28 >>
29 >> or
30 >> ln -sfn linux-new_kernel-gentoo linux
31 >>
32 >> cd linux
33 >> cp ../linux-old_kernel/.config .
34 >> make oldconfig
35 >> [just keep hitting enter]
36 >
37 > If you just want to accept the defaults for all new options, use "make
38 > olddefconfig".
39 >
40 >> make menuconfig
41 >>
42 >> You are not done yet!
43 >>
44 >> 1.) At this point you must copy new kernel to your boot directory.
45 >> 2.) emerge --ask -vq @module-rebuild rebuild
46 >> 3.) must run to update grub menu entries eg.:
47 >> # grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
48 >>
49 >> 4.) What else did I miss? (somebody correct me).
50 >>
51 >
52 > Compiling the kernel and modules? Replace 1 with
53 >
54 > make all modules_install install
55 >
56 > There's also the matter of the initramfs, one of the main reasons people
57 > use genkernel, although I prefer dracut for this.
58 >
59 >
60 until you trip over genkernel's "features" ... like AUTOMOUNT_BOOT,
61 which doesn't work, by design. Or NO_INSTALL, which does rather more
62 than just not installing ...
63
64 I'm investigating source_mage, and ought to investigate dracut.
65
66 Cheers,
67 Wol

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