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 01EFE1381F3 for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2012 13:39:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 69B4F21C021; Sat, 10 Nov 2012 13:39:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.195]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E14F721C0C0 for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2012 13:37:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus4) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MNqnj-1TQHdP2T75-007dYP; Sat, 10 Nov 2012 08:37:57 -0500 Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 07:37:55 -0600 From: Bruce Hill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't boot with kernel 3.5.7: init not being started Message-ID: <20121110133755.GS17663@server> References: <20121109174729.GA2410@acm.acm> <509D4779.6060400@binarywings.net> <20121109184653.GB2410@acm.acm> <509D94C7.2040204@binarywings.net> <20121110111110.GA2859@acm.acm> <509E40D2.4090204@gmail.com> <20121110132303.GB2859@acm.acm> 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-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121110132303.GB2859@acm.acm> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:u3Xt+Z032RfSGsmbPeOuKmBgk5MN33N2kvU5oZsY0+i oQZpGiYzXY+KmzrFB6Rx99PR7HapIJd2ZHm6ujOEWaZb9ToBiE 8xFTK3llhuoe9GugGiVkrhDWJU+lPlaM/+zWr47xGqD5rl5ZxX oS571M9q/AFSnnXluLAC+cRFhqQoGsAJlw2SSw2hviOsNyFboL kx1us+dwqWil8j4U29/0rxIrlbShDRgK1E3XCNBb1+zHebb1f1 rRV3YoffYYl3U6LhN9P1bsbdjBWZgCekK+7Qm8GfvZcyVki4Yw chhEUTNUJkZlfCB6WwBUGqqfHjxmls9Aq9sffvOGydAzTVhQfS Nro6BhdXUSNiC8exzYjnAVoMxtLL/V+wVQnrkMIy6 X-Archives-Salt: 5fed14ec-613e-41df-b984-e9749492edcc X-Archives-Hash: d6c12ac6052bc89cc864f72d48de5a95 On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 01:23:03PM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > ;-) I've built quite a few in my time as a Gentoo user, and one or two > when I was still using Debian. > > Configuring a kernel is more difficult than the available documentation > might lead one to believe. > > There are many hundreds of options to be considered, a large part of > which are "irrelevant" (i.e. the kernel will work regardless of these > options). Distinguishing the critical options from the irrelevant ones > is difficult. Precisely such an error is what I made. > > Some options are relatively easy to set, for example, those under > "drivers", where you select drivers for all the hardware you've got. But > what about sections like "general setup"? Do I really need CONFIG_AUDIT? > On reading the help, I shouldn't, but some program (can't remember which) > complains if it's not there. What about "Checkpoint/restore support"? > About what? Reading the help for each of these mysterious options is > _hard work_. > > Normally, I can get through 'make menuconfig' in about an hour and a > half, with the help of a checklist I wrote in June 2011. I can't > remember how I managed when I was first installing Gentoo. > -- > Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). emerge -av app-doc/linux-kernel-in-a-nutshell Also available online http://www.kroah.com/lkn/ It's a bit dated, but the most comprehensive read IMO. Then there's the kernel source, esp. /usr/src/linux/Documentation -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting