Re: [gentoo-dev] kernel source for gentoo

[Collins Richey <erichey2@home.com>]

On Sun, 13 May 2001 16:08:07 +0200 AGottinger@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger)
wrote:

> Collins Richey wrote:
> > 
> > I'm trying to understand where you hide the kernel source on gentoo and
> > where the options used to generate the standard gentoo kernel are
> located.
> > All that I find under /usr/src is several sets of /include directories
> but
> > no source tree.
> > 
> > The kernel you supply, for example, has no sound modules compiled, and
> I
> > would like to recompile for sound support (esssolo1.o and soundcore.o
> are
> > needed) without breaking anything else.
> 
> (The default kernel contains all alsa sound modules)
> 
> > 
> > I understand building kernels from way back, but what's the
> gentoo-style
> > procedure for doing this?
> 
> Current kernel source poackage is broken, eigher use
> linux-source-2.4.4-rx.ebuild or
> use a default kernel and run a manual config inbetween.
> 
> cd /usr/portage/sys-kernel/linux
> ebuild linux-2.4.4.5.ebuild unpack
> cd /tmp/portage/linux-2.4.4.5/work/linux
> make menuconfig
> cd /usr/portage/sys-kernel/linux
> ebuild linux-2.4.4.5.ebuild merge
> 
> 

I see nothing in the procedure about a kernel (bzImage) name.  Does thios
procedure overwrite your working kernel? (probably not a very good idea!)

-- 
Collins Richey
Denver area
gentoo system