commit: 53ad0609398e3424ea4d151bcec887e5112b7ea7 Author: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerlaan <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Mon Jan 29 09:08:13 2024 +0000 Commit: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerlaan <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Mon Jan 29 09:08:13 2024 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/commit/?id=53ad0609
2024-01-18-installkernel-merge: improve clarity - explicitly say that installkernel is called by make install - explicitly say that users of GRUB are expected to enable the grub USE flag - add instructions for retaining the traditional /boot layout for users of other bootloaders - explicitly say that Unified Kernel Images may be wanted to semi-automate EFI stub booting Signed-off-by: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerlaan <AT> gentoo.org> .../2024-01-18-installkernel-merge.en.txt | 30 +++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) 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 index aaf7884..991c95d 100644 --- 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 @@ -1,15 +1,18 @@ Title: Merging of installkernel-gentoo and installkernel-systemd Author: Andrew Ammerlaan <andrewammerl...@gentoo.org> Posted: 2024-01-18 -Revision: 2 +Revision: 3 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. +/sbin/installkernel is a script called by the kernels 'make install' as well +as by the distribution kernels post install phase. It was previously provided +by sys-kernel/installkernel-gentoo or sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd. The +functionalities of these two packages have now 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 @@ -30,13 +33,16 @@ 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 and systemd's kernel-install. Users of GRUB should check that +the "grub" USE flag is enabled to ensure that systemd's kernel-install uses +the correct layout that grub-mkconfig understands. + +Users of GRUB may 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. +therefore no user action is required to upgrade to the new package. User Action Required (systemd-boot users) @@ -69,6 +75,16 @@ 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]). +Users of bootloaders other then GRUB or systemd-boot may want to retain the +traditional /boot layout. They may do so by either: +- disabling the "systemd" USE flag, or +- when the "systemd" USE flag is enabled, enabling the "grub" USE flag as well. +- when the "systemd" USE flag is enabled, setting "layout=grub" in +/etc/kernel/install.conf -[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Installkernel +Users who wish to use EFI stub booting may be interested in building an +Unified Kernel Image[2] by enabling the "ukify" and "uki" USE flags. This will +automatically install a bootable EFI executable to the EFI system partition. +[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Installkernel +[2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Unified_kernel_image
