On 21/04/2020 18:05, Gerion Entrup wrote:
what is the difference between these three packages? I don't get it from the
description alone.
gentoo-sources: A linux kernel source tree with Gentoo patchset
gentoo-kernel-bin: A linux kernel binary image with initramfs?
gentoo-kernel: ???
This is what Mike Pagano (who maintains gentoo-sources and is part of
Gentoo's kernel team) had to say:
Gentoo-sources is the upstream kernel with our patches on top.
They could include experimental patches (use=experimental),
or fixes that have not made it into the mainline upstream kernel.
If you have something you might want in gentoo-sources, all it
takes is a bug and some discussion and if it makes sense we
usually will include it.
Gentoo-sources is under the umbrella of the Gentoo Kernel Team.
gentoo-kernel is a project done by a developer outside of the kernel team.
I believe his goal was to provide a kernel with a sane default config that
should generally work for everyone. It looks like it uses the config file
from Arch Linux. The kernel project is not involved with that.
I think (it's not my work), the idea is like when you install Ubuntu or some
other
distro where they try to make a kernel with a config covering a ton of stuff so
you don't have to compile your own.
Unfortunately he didn't say anything about gentoo-kernel-bin. So... no idea.
