commit: 201e8195c272a70afa8270f2ee300355344626ec Author: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerlaan <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Mon Jan 22 08:46:06 2024 +0000 Commit: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerlaan <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Mon Jan 22 08:46:06 2024 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/commit/?id=201e8195
2024-01-18-installkernel-merge: add news item Signed-off-by: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerlaan <AT> gentoo.org> .../2024-01-18-installkernel-merge.en.txt | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+) diff --git a/2024-01-18-installkernel-merge/2024-01-18-installkernel-merge.en.txt b/2024-01-18-installkernel-merge/2024-01-18-installkernel-merge.en.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3b36c73 --- /dev/null +++ b/2024-01-18-installkernel-merge/2024-01-18-installkernel-merge.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +Title: Merging of installkernel-gentoo and installkernel-systemd +Author: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerl...@gentoo.org> +Posted: 2024-01-18 +Revision: 1 +News-Item-Format: 2.0 +Display-If-Installed: sys-kernel/installkernel +Display-If-Installed: sys-kernel/installkernel-gentoo +Display-If-Installed: sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd +Display-If-Installed: sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd-boot + +The functionalities of sys-kernel/installkernel-gentoo and +sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd have been merged into sys-kernel/installkernel. + +sys-kernel/installkernel now provides the systemd USE flag to switch between +the traditional installkernel (formerly sys-kernel/installkernel-gentoo) and +systemd's kernel-install (formerly sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd(-boot)). + +Additionally, the new sys-kernel/installkernel with the systemd flag enabled +now provides a default install.conf configuration file which ensures that it +will work out-of-the-box with no configuration (other then USE flag +configuration) required for most setups. + +Details on configuration and customization can be found on the installkernel +wiki page [1]. Below we provide the most important migration notes. + + +User Action Required (GRUB users) +==================== + +Previously sys-kernel/installkernel-gentoo provided kernel installation +automation for users of GRUB via USE=grub. The new sys-kernel/installkernel +provides the same functionality, which now works with both the traditional +installkernel and systemd's kernel-install. In principle no user action is +required unless users wish to explicitly choose either the traditional +installkernel or systemd's kernel-install, in which case they may do so +via USE=-/+systemd. + +sys-kernel/installkernel is renamed from sys-kernel/installkernel-gentoo, +therefore no user action is required to upgrade. + + +User Action Required (systemd-boot users) +==================== + +Previously sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd provided kernel installation +automation for users of systemd-boot. sys-kernel/installkernel provides +the same functionality but only via systemd's kernel-install. Users +of systemd-boot should therefore ensure that the systemd USE flag is enabled +when upgrading to >=sys-kernel/installkernel-14. + +This upgrade path is enforced by sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd-4, which is +just a wrapper pulling in >=sys-kernel/installkernel-14 with the systemd flag +enabled. sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd may be removed after installing +>=sys-kernel/installkernel-14. + +emerge --noreplace sys-kernel/installkernel +emerge --depclean sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd + + +User Action Required (users of other bootloaders and custom scripts) +==================== + +Users who have previously relied on custom installkernel or kernel-install +plugins should either ensure that the same kernel installation method will be +used after upgrading to >=sys-kernel/installkernel-14 (via USE=+/-systemd) or +migrate these custom plugins (details are on the wiki [1]). + + +[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Installkernel +
