On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 8:26 PM William Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > > On 10/7/21 7:40 pm, Ramon Fischer wrote: > > Hello Dongliang, > > > > you could retrieve kernel configuration files from a "Minimal > > Installation CD"[1] of Gentoo. Mount it and look for > > "/boot/gentoo-config". > > > > But I guess, you want a untouched version, don't you? > > > > -Ramon > > Hi, to expand on this - Gentoo doesn't really have a standardised kernel > config - the nearest to that is the above install CD, or the default > generic catchall "genkernel" one - most people seem to manually > configurate and tune/customise a .config and then copy it from system to > system. There are a few bin(ary) kernels in portage/sys-kernel/* that > might work for you but I have never tried them.
I see, thanks for your explanation. Gentoo people seem to build everything for their systems, including the underlying Linux kernel. For the installation CD, it plays a role as a temporary system to install the real Gentoo Linux. So there should be no default kernel configuration files. It depends on the Gentoo user, right? > > You can boot almost any linux live media on your target hardware and > extract the config (sysrescuecd is a good one) and use their sources, or > build the kernel using their config on top of Gentoo's vanilla-sources, > or gentoo-sources. > > Or grab another distros boot directory (containing the kernel, initrd > and config files), the matching /lib/modules directory and boot that > instead of building your own (I do this often on uboot based arm systems > and raspberry pi's.) > > Or ask on the list if someone has a config that matches your target > (occasionally it comes up). > > BillK > > > > > > [1] https://www.gentoo.org/downloads/ > > > > On 10/07/2021 11:15, Dongliang Mu wrote: > >> Hi Gentoo users, > >> > >> I am a newbie to Gentoo. For Debian, I can get configuration files > >> from Debian packages. I wonder if possible to get the kernel > >> configuration files of Gentoo. > >> > >> If this question is invalid, please let me know. > >> > >> [1] > >> http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux/linux-config-5.10_5.10.46-1_amd64.deb > >> > >> -- > >> My best regards to you. > >> > >> No System Is Safe! > >> Dongliang Mu > >> > > >
