Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH v2 1/4] kernel-install.eclass: Install logic for dist-kernels

["Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@gentoo.org>]

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On Sun, Jan 05, 2020 at 07:27:38AM +0100, Michał Górny wrote:
> Introduce a new eclass that contains common logic needed to test
> and install distribution kernels.  This is the eclass common both
> to kernels built from source and installed from binary packages.
I'm 100% in favour of the concept here, but I have some implementation
concerns.

For the (public) record, Infra has been wrapping genkernel to build
binary kernel + initramfs for internal usage for 5 years now.

Conceptually, can you clarify why you are depending on dracut here,
rather than using genkernel's initramfs mode?

I'm not sure you're going to get correct build output in cases like
x86_64 -> x86 cross-compiles.

Why not call genkernel from the ebuild instead of re-inventing the
wheel to compile the kernel yourself.

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