On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Giuseppe Pappalardo > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 10/26/2014 08:23 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: >>> >>> >>> As to how do I maintain them, I wrote a little utility that I've been >>> using from the last year or so: >>> >>> https://github.com/canek-pelaez/kerninst >>> >>> With it, after I install a new kernel using the normal portage >>> procedure, I just do: >>> >>> eselect kernel set <new-version> >>> kerninst >>> >>> And that's it. Be aware that you need to provide your own kernel >>> configuration. >>> >>> Regards. >>> >> How does this differs from just enabling the "symlink" USE flag in >> vanilla-sources? > > AFAIU, the symlink USE flag just updates the /usr/src/linux link > automatically at install time (although I have never used it). > > kerninst configures (using a user-provided .config file), compiles, > and installs the kernel in the correct location (/boot if using GRUB2, > a more complex location if using Gummiboot), and then it updates the > configuration of the boot manager (either GRUB2 or Gummiboot).
Oh, I forgot; it also generates an initramfs for it with dracut. This is important: kerninst assumes you use an initramfs, and that you use dracut to create it. Also, it assumes you already configured dracut.conf. Regards. -- Canek Peláez Valdés Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
