On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 06:33:05PM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > 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.
Package gentoo-kernel is the source package. It contains kernel source code + default usable config and builds you a new kernel during emerge. gentoo-kernel-bin contains prebuilt kernel image without any source code.
