Rich Freeman <rich0 <at> gentoo.org> writes:
> Of course, nothing prevents anybody from creating a preconfigured > kernel for Gentoo. There is genkernel of course, though I think we > probably could do better. Most seem to be happy just managing their > own kernel configurations, and I think that is why nobody has bothered > to spend much time perfecting a canned kernel. > Rich https://github.com/canek-pelaez/kerninst Although Canek has created a nice system that addresses not only new kernels, but also the other critical steps one has to at least consider for a successful kernel upgrade, his solution is targeted at a bit more complex situation than the average user's needs, such as Francisco situation. The old usage of : make oldconfig make menuconfig Is probably is in need of some extra "syntax_strokes" to create a copy and paste style of kernel upgrade, should genkernel not be sufficient. There's grub2 to consider, (u)efi bios, mbr, initramfs and probably other things to think about. Maybe somebody smarter than me (not really hard to find on this list) could modify Canek's script for the general user case of simply upgrading gentoo-sources. It could be put on the gentoo-wiki for folks to try out or packaged as an overlay?. Feedback would (eventually) result in a version quite cool and moderized, without messing with genkernel. Once it becomes "robust" it would be up to Sven & company to decide if it makes the handbook, as a replacement or alternative to genkernel..... Just a thought, but we get this sort of problem, quite often on this list.... I think we should at least have a gentoo wiki page that folks can read and learn about the general idea on different methods and the caveats therein to kernel upgrades on Gentoo. (pist) there could even be a link to all the systemd and openrc pages that come into play? James
