On Thu, 30 Jun 2016 05:55:42 -0700 Daniel Campbell <z...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On 06/30/2016 05:38 AM, Michał Górny wrote:
> > Hello, everyone.
> >
> > Back in 2011 I started a project called eclean-kernel. The idea was
> > pretty simple -- to have a tool that would clean the old kernels for
> > me since their install is not controlled by the package manager. This
> > little project of mine seems to have gained a lot of popularity.
> >
> > Sadly, over time a lot of people had trouble with it. Aside to minor
> > Python problems, eclean-kernel proved too simple to handle multitude of
> > user systems with varying /boot layouts. In fact, even I don't use it
> > on all of my systems since it doesn't handle them properly.
> >
> > After being buried in another set of bug reports, I'd like to
> > officially ask Gentoo developers and users for help. I think it's
> > impossible to solve most of the bugs reported so far in the current
> > program design. Therefore, I'd like to rewrite it in a more flexible
> > manner.
> >
> > For this reason, I would like to ask you to provide me with
> > different /boot layouts you may have, had or seen. Basically, the idea
> > is to collect as many different layouts as necessary, and use that to
> > design eclean-kernel in a way making it possible to easily configure it
> > to handle proper variant -- or even possibly make it capable of
> > autoconfiguration.
> >
> > So if you have some time, please reply to this thread with
> > a specific /boot layout that you think needs to be handled, with
> > as much helpful information as possible -- including possible
> > distinctive features and pitfalls.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> I'm not sure if this is the info you're looking for, but I'll give it a
> shot:
>
> I have grub-static installed to /boot/. I like to organize my kernels
> with the filenames as linux-${version}-gentoo-${buildno}. So my first
> build of 4.5.0, for example, would be 'linux-4.5.0-gentoo-1'. It has all
> the info I need for reference should something go awry.
>
> I have three symlinks: current, last, backup
>
> I wrote scripts that will update those symlinks for me, which makes the
> process of kernel management pretty painless. Now that I'm thinking
> about it, it could be simple in my case to simply clean any kernel that
> wasn't linked to.
>
> My /boot/:
>
> grub
> lost+found
> backup -> linux-4.4.1-gentoo-2
> boot
What's 'boot' here? Is that relevant?
> current -> linux-4.4.6-gentoo-1
> initrd
Is that a single initrd for all kernels?
> last -> linux-4.4.1-gentoo-3
> linux-4.4.1-gentoo-2
> linux-4.4.1-gentoo-3
> linux-4.4.6-gentoo-1
And most importantly, how are all those files referenced in grub? I
suspect you are using the symlinks in grub.conf but want to confirm.
--
Best regards,
Michał Górny
<http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/>
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