On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 22:02:36 -0500, German wrote:

> Hi people. I am about to try today an EFI gentoo install with
> sysrecuecd. It is all more or less clear to me in the install docs,
> however I am not sure how to gather info about my hardware, which
> modules should be compiled when installing kernel manually. Is there a
> way to gather this info? What command should be issued to accomplish
> that? Also, I am sort of reluctant to compile kernel manually. Is this
> possible to use genkernel to install system in EFI mode or I must to
> use manual compilation? Thank you for your advice and suggestions.

There's a page on the Gentoo Wiki that covers EFI, but this is what I
have set

% zgrep EFI /proc/config.gz 
CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_EFI=y
CONFIG_EFI_STUB=y
# CONFIG_EFI_MIXED is not set
CONFIG_FB_EFI=y
CONFIG_DMI_SCAN_MACHINE_NON_EFI_FALLBACK=y
# EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) Support
CONFIG_EFI_VARS=y
CONFIG_EFI_RUNTIME_WRAPPERS=y
CONFIG_EFIVAR_FS=y
# CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK_EFI is not set

I don't think genkernel will help with EFI, but manual configuration is
no big deal. You could let genekernel generate a configuration to set as a
starting point. Really though, manual configuration is just a case of
following the handbook, just like any other part of setting up Gentoo.


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