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* Gentoo utility to manage Linux kernel installations.
[[Gentoo]] utility to manage Linux kernel installations.
 
= usage =


* example command:
* example command:
  genkernel --splash --splash-res=1280x1024 --install all
  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 =
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash" >
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"
</syntaxhighlight>

Latest revision as of 18:04, 19 January 2012

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"