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nerd811 n00b
Joined: 21 Jul 2016 Posts: 36
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 2:15 am Post subject: Kernel compiling |
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Hi gentoo users,
I'm currently struggling with wich things do I keep in my kernel.Although I did try my best trough reading gentoo's documentation and doing an lspci and lsmod to see what I should put into the kernel I cant figure it out. On freebsd all I needed to do was see wich modules were loaded and add them to a kernel config. So it's being really hard seeing what parts of the kernel mean the modules currently loaded.Here's the result of my lspci http://pastebin.com/HUXREaCF and my lsmod http://pastebin.com/H3kfnvas . If I posted this on the wrong part of the forum I'm sorry. |
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Jaglover Watchman
Joined: 29 May 2005 Posts: 8291 Location: Saint Amant, Acadiana
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nerd811 n00b
Joined: 21 Jul 2016 Posts: 36
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 3:17 am Post subject: |
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I'm thinking of installing a binary kernel.... Really having trouble with linux menuconfig. |
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jonathan183 Guru
Joined: 13 Dec 2011 Posts: 318
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 10:31 am Post subject: |
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genkernel should get you a system which boots and works, you an optimise things if you want after that.
You might also find kernel-seeds useful, although you will need to run make silentoldconfig and make a decision yourself about what to do with later options. I think a mirror of kernel-seeds.org is still available |
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NeddySeagoon Administrator
Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 54099 Location: 56N 3W
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 11:08 am Post subject: |
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nerd811,
That kernel seeds mirror explains how to choose things for your kernel.
As jonathan183 says, genkernel or even genkernel-next, will get you going.
You can optimise your kernel later. Most users have several kernels installed to avoid the chroot dance when they make a dud. We all do that from time to time.
The system keeps kernels separate by versions. Use genkernel to get you going then get a different kernel version to do manual configuration on.
The drivers identified by lspci -k are required but not sufficient.
e.g. The filesystems you need will not appear there. Your HDD may need AHCI. That you also need PCI, SCSI, SD, libATA to support AHCI will not be shown. _________________ Regards,
NeddySeagoon
Computer users fall into two groups:-
those that do backups
those that have never had a hard drive fail. |
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