Genkernel

Gentoo utility to manage Linux kernel installations.

usage

• example command:

genkernel --splash --splash-res=1280x1024 --install all

• conf file:

/etc/genkernel.conf

• Updating kernel reusing old config with genkernel

cd /etc/kernels
cp kernel-config-x86-2.6.9-gentoo-r1 kernel-config-x86-2.6.9-gentoo-r2
genkernel all

my config

OLDCONFIG="yes"
MENUCONFIG="yes"
CLEAN="yes"
MRPROPER="yes"
ARCH_OVERRIDE="x86_64"
KERNEL_ARCH=x86
MOUNTBOOT="yes"
SAVE_CONFIG="yes"
USECOLOR="yes"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
LVM="no"
EVMS="no"
DMRAID="yes"
BUSYBOX="no"
MDADM="yes"
DISKLABEL="yes"
BOOTLOADER="grub"
BOOTDIR="/boot"
GK_SHARE="/usr/share/genkernel"
CACHE_DIR="/var/cache/genkernel"
DISTDIR="${CACHE_DIR}/src"
LOGFILE="/var/log/genkernel.log"
LOGLEVEL=2
DEFAULT_KERNEL_SOURCE="/usr/src/linux"