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 E1180138010 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:51:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5A1DD21C018; Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:51:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ea0-f181.google.com (mail-ea0-f181.google.com [209.85.215.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED8E0E01DC for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:49:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ea0-f181.google.com with SMTP id m6so1406708eab.40 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:49:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=h3IFKh2J6WPCcr9+M5j4+mkgK9LfeXVaqfDPycVVlZM=; b=Pg+yiFui5KrbztU8bctFKk9Jl5tYyWqLOJK6iqVP+ALFqnDaLuTKs6volzJ03lF/uX rA3hwHGanOPYPpQyoZkpkeQ1x/6WAbHHJPj+rK5FAN50ttRTFqRiAkO1KnfEC6pNUaWF H0sFV1Z9ncbwTSO3An4L1x3klG54FuAv5wJSAMBvHCChzJXw7stiKe25jrgGUu7+uIYj gfHiu6KnQx/KMC5g2T9uWdgRPimiEFl/NEjh+V5hVK+GCFt77OTN05OuG3wJVIx0DE66 aZj4KQtA3Onz8jcKuR6A0n32BLTtdpcpphwsLVUDyYJydBOEjPd8mfBXBb/2/szbcKgP iBEA== 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 Received: by 10.14.179.1 with SMTP id g1mr19074173eem.14.1351032595154; Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:49:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.128.6 with HTTP; Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:49:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:49:55 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] genkernel 2 manual From: =?UTF-8?Q?Andr=C3=A9s_Becerra_Sandoval?= To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: e92d8c1f-2b3d-46e8-91f5-3014edf6f17b X-Archives-Hash: 15a6c8dc8a7f5046af0ddf8664798144 On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Jo=C3=A3o Matos wrote: > Hi list. > > 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 small= er > kernel, a faster boot (without initramfs) and, of course, some fun :). > > I'm still reading the oficial documentation, but I don't think it will be > enough, so, if anyone of you know some documentation more detailed, I'd > appreciate reading it. > > I've just ran 'make xconfig', and I noticed that the configuration is the > same from genkernel (genkernel --menuconfig). Is it good? Should I get an > original .conf, with less garbage, or this is just the 'normal default' > instead of 'genkernel default' as I'm guessing? > > Is there any tool that can scan my pc and help me out with the .conf or e= ven > 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 think I can't > get a running kernel before I optimize it, so I can do it gradually. > > Just for curiosity, what is the size of your kernel? Mine is 3.4 MB. > > Thank you, > -- > Jo=C3=A3o de Matos > Linux User #461527 > A small tip: - Do lsmod in your genkernel kernel - Write down the list - For any module loaded find the corresponding option in the kernel configuration - Read briefly the description for the option - Do a crosscheck with the output of lspci and lsusb Have fun! --=20 Andr=C3=A9s Becerra Sandoval