From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <gentoo-user+bounces-159498-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>
Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80])
by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 002041387D3
for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Sun, 26 Oct 2014 20:47:18 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])
by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BC917E099B;
Sun, 26 Oct 2014 20:47:13 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from mail-ig0-f174.google.com (mail-ig0-f174.google.com [209.85.213.174])
(using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits))
(No client certificate requested)
by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8F74CE0810
for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sun, 26 Oct 2014 20:47:12 +0000 (UTC)
Received: by mail-ig0-f174.google.com with SMTP id h18so1798206igc.13
for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sun, 26 Oct 2014 13:47:11 -0700 (PDT)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
d=gmail.com; s=20120113;
h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to
:content-type:content-transfer-encoding;
bh=9lTb1aIskx53WYbVZ4l4q80wFM8YMLsk57YnF3g93lE=;
b=g9ox3P6NfWsjHNk8dRLez1BmsGRtomdnZB95b4BDkkRnZNeKQwWIGvp/cF15OGPEld
TWMDJSYmZohkpbVXu5D2IDGSrj4y6FoWphM/3mfaJqQdBbtwqaBRiwRovh/ls0B4UKMV
UHLYv1tE3y/+SVv11OgTkXzI2BR1j9adUDM65xklsmDJMlvAcWrtF540I7IZFS2QDXY1
HYY2igvk7VDVdOqraaTeInnidC1Pt+2fmVAjLGZvhJz/OmXznh7yBQRhq9+gQglqqhtn
pwCvXsIMBLi5KIk9TV5OlPAaxNeJA/AIXswa1sSBf8xQcLicJF0lYUqygr8wHxyy7L9g
10tg==
X-Received: by 10.107.31.202 with SMTP id f193mr18480612iof.16.1414356431873;
Sun, 26 Oct 2014 13:47:11 -0700 (PDT)
Precedence: bulk
List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org>
List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org>
X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
MIME-Version: 1.0
Received: by 10.107.148.19 with HTTP; Sun, 26 Oct 2014 13:46:50 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <CAJ1xhMUSiaN8mP=AKjLpCqxOEdidUTxt1ToXaOz4y0qLTdgsiQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJ1xhMUHi01yEVxavm9Ow6Qe55zXt3ToVvkJfp4fa1SQA0mqKQ@mail.gmail.com>
<544D4FB6.3030701@googlemail.com> <544D51E6.6030302@alectenharmsel.com>
<CADPrc811oezOOEDb3Sm_MHgf_CwSZObrCgzMYe1dqkYe_ciJ-w@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ1xhMUSiaN8mP=AKjLpCqxOEdidUTxt1ToXaOz4y0qLTdgsiQ@mail.gmail.com>
From: =?UTF-8?B?Q2FuZWsgUGVsw6FleiBWYWxkw6lz?= <caneko@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 14:46:50 -0600
Message-ID: <CADPrc81gXjCh9VBT2YEDTQommwZyADinb-D5FT4yH9bWLCK3-A@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] alternative kernels
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
X-Archives-Salt: 5bff2243-ac72-460d-8549-4caee76a33b0
X-Archives-Hash: 901738de0e36c5f1434738a6404afafa
On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Alexander Kapshuk
<alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 10:16 PM, Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s <caneko@g=
mail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Alec Ten Harmsel
>> <alec@alectenharmsel.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 10/26/2014 03:47 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
>>>> Am 26.10.2014 um 20:09 schrieb Alexander Kapshuk:
>>>>> I've been using gentoo-sources for a while now.
>>>>>
>>>>> I remember reading on this list about some users using alternative
>>>>> kernels on their gentoo systems. My understanding is that amongst som=
e
>>>>> of the other alternatives, besides the genkernel, which I'm not
>>>>> interested in using, are vanilla-sources available in the portage
>>>>> tree, and the sources available on kernel.org.
>>>>> I'd appreciate being given some pointers on how the folk here maintai=
n
>>>>> their alternative kernels.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> .
>>>>>
>>>> I let portage update the vanilla-sources and once in a while a build a=
nd
>>>> install a new kernel. At the moment I am on 3.12.23. Maybe I install
>>>> 3.12.30 tonight. If I find a good reason to do so.
>>>>
>>> What happens when you run `emerge --depclean`?
>>>
>>> I always un-keyword the exact version of vanilla-sources that I'm
>>> running since I update and depclean on a weekly basis. I'm not a huge
>>> fan of having a bunch of kernels under /usr/src/linux-* but only having
>>> a couple of them compiled, but to each his own I guess.
>>
>> I have sys-kernel/vanilla-sources in package.keywords, unversioned. So
>> depclean cleans away the older versions, and I keep the latest one.
>>
>> I'm on 3.17.1 right now, but the moment 3.17.2 comes out I will switch
>> to it in all my machines: with kerninst is all of it mostly
>> automatized.
>>
>> And with systemd, rebooting to a new kernel takes just a few seconds ;)
>>
>> Regards.
>> --
>> Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s
>> Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias
>> Universidad Nacional Aut=C3=B3noma de M=C3=A9xico
>>
>
> Do you know if vanilla-sources plays well with openrc, as that is what I =
use?
Of course it does. As Alan said, there would not be any reason for it not t=
o.
Regards.
--=20
Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s
Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad Nacional Aut=C3=B3noma de M=C3=A9xico