Re: [gentoo-user] Switching from Genkernel to manual build

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de>]

On Mittwoch, 1. August 2007, Kent Fredric wrote:
> On 8/1/07, Dan Cowsill <danthehat@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> /etc/genkernel.conf
>
>
> # Run 'make menuconfig' before compiling this kernel?
> MENUCONFIG="no"
>
> # Run 'make clean' before compilation?
> # If set to NO, implies MRPROPER WILL NOT be run
> # Also, if clean is NO, it won't copy over any configuration
> # file, it will use what's there.
> CLEAN="no"
>
> # Run 'make mrproper' before configuration/compilation?
> MRPROPER="no"
>
> # Save the new configuration in /etc/kernels upon
> # successfull compilation
> SAVE_CONFIG="yes"
>
> # Debug Level
> DEBUGLEVEL=5
>
> Set those, and then I recommend just stay with using genkernel, it
> basically converts genkernel from a kernel configurator, to merely a
> nice automated build-and-install script.
>
>
> that way you can configure your kernel custome like usual, and then just
> genkernel --kernname=somenickname all
>
> and go away and leave it and it will take care of the rest  :)
>
> --
> Kent
> ruby -e '[1, 2, 4, 7, 0, 9, 5, 8, 3, 10, 11, 6, 12, 13].each{|x|
> print "enNOSPicAMreil kdrtf@gma.com"[(2*x)..(2*x+1)]}'

cp .config linux/
make oldconfig
make all modules_install install

that is all that is needed to build a kernel without that genkernel stuff.

You can put that in a script or in one line with some && in between, if you 
want.

Results in sexy /boot like this:
ls -lh /boot/
insgesamt 7,1M
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    1 20. Apr 2006  boot -> .
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   36 29. Jul 11:16 config -> 
config-2.6.22.1-cfs-v19reiser4libata
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  36K 29. Jul 01:50 config-2.6.22.1-cfs-v19reiser4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  34K 29. Jul 11:16 config-2.6.22.1-cfs-v19reiser4libata
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  34K 29. Jul 03:19 
config-2.6.22.1-cfs-v19reiser4libata.old
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   40 29. Jul 11:16 config.old -> 
config-2.6.22.1-cfs-v19reiser4libata.old
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1,0K 19. Jun 03:18 grub
drwx------ 2 root root  12K 24. Mär 2003  lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1,0K 11. Jun 19:27 memtest86plus
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   40 29. Jul 11:16 System.map -> 
System.map-2.6.22.1-cfs-v19reiser4libata
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 934K 29. Jul 01:50 System.map-2.6.22.1-cfs-v19reiser4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 883K 29. Jul 11:16 
System.map-2.6.22.1-cfs-v19reiser4libata
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 883K 29. Jul 03:19 
System.map-2.6.22.1-cfs-v19reiser4libata.old
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   44 29. Jul 11:16 System.map.old -> 
System.map-2.6.22.1-cfs-v19reiser4libata.old
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   37 29. Jul 11:16 vmlinuz -> 
vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-cfs-v19reiser4libata
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1,6M 29. Jul 01:50 vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-cfs-v19reiser4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1,4M 29. Jul 11:16 
vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-cfs-v19reiser4libata
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1,4M 29. Jul 03:19 
vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-cfs-v19reiser4libata.old
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   41 29. Jul 11:16 vmlinuz.old -> 
vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-cfs-v19reiser4libata.old

the symlinks are all created by install.
just have a vmlinuz and a vmlinuz.old entry in menu.lst and you are always 
safe.
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