Re: [gentoo-user] genkernel problem
Had a quick look inside the script earlier: thats the only way I found the --config argument, though I saw it mentioned on the install docs later. Another question I have is does genkernel do 2.6 kernels, or is it good for only 2.4? BillK On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 13:49, Doug Weimer wrote: -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] genkernel problem
On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 08:51, SMS WebMaster wrote: I installed vanilla-source and now when I want to compile it (after coping .config to /etc/kernels/default-config) My question is why genkernel said : config type: non-gentoo (default) The non-gentoo (default) message is simply the message that goes along with using /etc/kernels/default-config. Genkernel currently looks for three config files in the following order: /etc/kernels/config-(kernel-version) reported as gentoo (customized) /usr/src/linux-(kernel-version)/kernel-config reported as gentoo (default) /etc/kernels/default-config reported as non-gentoo (default) Genkernel will use the first config it finds, so if config-(kernel-verison) exists then kernel-config and default-config will not be read. Each of these configs is used in the exact same way, so the 'non-gentoo' message only means that genkernel didn't find one of the other configs. The only thing to watch out for is if you run 'genkernel --config' and customize your settings, then genkernel will automatically copy the new config to /etc/kernels/config-(kernel-version), so from then on default-config will have no effect. Hope this helps, Doug PS: (kernel-version) in the above refers to everything after linux- in the directory your /usr/src/linux symlink points to. So if /usr/src/linux links to /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r7, then (kernel-version) will be 2.4.20-gentoo-r7. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] genkernel problem
Where is the genkernel documentation hiding? I would like to find out some details such as does it use distcc, or ccache, what options can it take ... It appears that as it doesn't have even basic documentation, it should not have been released into stable use. Was it QA'd? bunyip root # man genkernel No manual entry for genkernel bunyip root # info genkernel bunyip root # genkernel -h Unrecognized option -h bunyip root # genkernel -help Unrecognized option -help bunyip root # genkernel --help Unrecognized option --help bunyip root # I have finally gotten genkernal to work on a dell i8.2k laptop, but eventually had to customise the kernel so much, that any gains from autodetecting are basicly lost. BillK On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 11:29, Doug Weimer wrote: On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 08:51, SMS WebMaster wrote: I installed vanilla-source and now when I want to compile it (after coping .config to /etc/kernels/default-config) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
