On Thu, 1 Jul 2021 09:41:27 -0500, Dale wrote:

> > grub-mkconfig only reads the files, it is the make install step of
> > kernel installation that takes care of copying the files to /boot
> > with the correct version numbers. ISTR Dale prefers to copy the
> > kernel files manually, which is why his System.map is not versioned.

> I do copy mine manually.  It's how it was done when I first started
> using Gentoo and I just stuck with it, it works.  It's just one
> additional file.  Thing is, I may read up on the script way of doing
> things.  It may help make dracut and grub-mkconfig happy.  Sometimes I
> have to fiddle with names to get them both happy.  I suspect the script
> tools handle that with ease. 

make install names the files in a way that dracut and grub-mkconfig
recognise. Just run make install after make modules install. You've let
the makefile copy all the other files, you may as well let it handle the
final two :)


-- 
Neil Bothwick

By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends.