From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEDB9138010 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:52:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8963721C01B; Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:51:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net (mailout-de.gmx.net [213.165.64.22]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3D942E0453 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:50:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 23 Oct 2012 22:50:08 -0000 Received: from p5DCD2D9C.dip.t-dialin.net (EHLO morgaine.localnet) [93.205.45.156] by mail.gmx.net (mp002) with SMTP; 24 Oct 2012 00:50:08 +0200 X-Authenticated: #113546338 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18IBEl8f6kIBEzl//B4avYwuW7Zo9z48V1jCq/tuO vokDS/2wVnZ/RI From: Redcap To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] genkernel 2 manual Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:50:07 +0200 Message-ID: <1477853.uC1xUaR60p@morgaine> User-Agent: KMail/4.9.2 (Linux/3.3.8-gentoo; KDE/4.9.2; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Archives-Salt: 1d97534b-c11b-4793-8b63-6c5d72ac9117 X-Archives-Hash: 736aef52a4bee98e5837ba0913200825 Hi there, I'd definitely advise to you use one of Pappy's Kernel seed. Those are = config=20 files that provide you with a good starting point to configure your own= kernel. You'll find the Kernel seeds at http://kernel-seeds.org/ The website also has instructions on how to find out which Kernel optio= ns=20 you'll need to have your hardware supported. Cheers... On Tuesday 23 October 2012 20:02:52 Jo=E3o Matos wrote: > Hi list. >=20 > I've been using Gentoo for quite a long time, and today I decided to = try > compiling the kernel myself, Thing I've never done before. I want a s= maller > kernel, a faster boot (without initramfs) and, of course, some fun :)= . >=20 > I'm still reading the oficial documentation, but I don't think it wil= l be > enough, so, if anyone of you know some documentation more detailed, I= 'd > appreciate reading it. >=20 > I've just ran 'make xconfig', and I noticed that the configuration is= the > same from genkernel (genkernel --menuconfig). Is it good? Should I ge= t an > original .conf, with less garbage, or this is just the 'normal defaul= t' > instead of 'genkernel default' as I'm guessing? >=20 > Is there any tool that can scan my pc and help me out with the .conf = or > even generate one? I guess not. There are lots of options that I have= no > idea what they are for. I think this will be the fun part, but I thin= k I > can't get a running kernel before I optimize it, so I can do it gradu= ally. >=20 > Just for curiosity, what is the size of your kernel? Mine is 3.4 MB. >=20 > Thank you,