2.6.0 kernel on install

ponds · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 4:42 pm Post subject: 2.6.0 kernel on install

During the install, is it possible to emerge a 2.6 kernel instead of gentoo-sources or gaming-sources or etc?

What's the emerge argument for the 2.6 kernel? Is there a 2.6-gaming yet?

Edit: I ran emerge -S 2.6.0 and it didnt find anything, so I am assuming we cant emerge the 2.6 sources.

If I just download the sources manually, and then edit the /usr/src/linux symlink to point to the new source tree, will genkernel be able to compile it?

Stalione · Guru Joined: 21 Apr 2002 Posts: 335

go to your /usr/portage/sys-kernel directory and you will see all the different kernels that are available to you. in your case, you might be interested in development-sources, which is the 2.6testing branch.

I doubt genkernel will work with 2.6 because there are few significant changes in 2.6. I have not tried this so im not sure. Also remember when you emerge 2.6, it won't create a symlink /usr/src/linux but /usr/src/linux-beta.

Good luck.

sireyessire · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 6:25 pm Post subject:

there are 2 sources based on 2.6 kernel :

development-sources
mm-sources

enjoy the 2.6 kernel is HUGE :wink:

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Peaceable Frood · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 6:51 pm Post subject:

I recommend the mm-sources, as they apply fixes to the vanilla test kernel. They also are faster then the vanilla. I don't think you can use genkernel though, I also wouldn't use genkernel period as I've heard many problems with it.
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Hydralisk · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 19 Mar 2003 Posts: 83

I *just* finished booting a new install in which I used the 2.6.0-test6 kernel with whatever the latest -mm patch is. I didn't use the ebuild because I like to manage my kernel sources and symlinks manually, but it is working fine (nifty framebuffer, too).

Remember to mkdir /sys before you reboot into a 2.6 kernel.

gravis · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 10:01 pm Post subject:

what does the /sys dir do ?? I forgot to do it, and my system seems to work very fine !

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d3c3it · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 11:00 am Post subject:

could be a work in progress? rememeber theres alot of work to be done on these sources

i may do a 2.6.0 install when i reinstall actually, might do a gaming-sources aswell just in case i break 2.6.0
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jaska · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 2:48 pm Post subject:

Don't use genkernel with 2.6 kernels, 2.4 and 2.6 series kernels have different ways that they use to install, so a normal by hand installation is what you want. There is a guide with this in the forums.

jaska · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 2:49 pm Post subject:

Oh, by the way I doubt there will be a for 2.6 gaming, mm-sources and even development-sources have excellent response on desktop/games.

d3c3it · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 3:14 pm Post subject:

ive used genkernel once, never again, broke my kernel lol. im sticking with doing it "by hand" i think.
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MCSpan20 · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 3:42 pm Post subject: doing it by hand

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