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Langest
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 Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 9:55 pm Post subject: [Solved] Missing Makefile in kernel source |
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Hello!
I have successfully installed gentoo for the first time. Coming from Arch it felt pretty easy when you had the terrific handbook as assistance.
However, I have run into trouble now that I have been using gentoo for a while. For some reason the Makefile for the kernel has gone missing. I have been able to build it previously so I know it has existed at some point in time. I have tried to search for similar or the same problem and it seems like is a potential culprit. But I have not been able to fix it. I have tried to reinstall the sources but with no luck.
Any suggestions to what I can try? Or do you need more information?
This is
| Code: | $ pwd
/usr/src/linux
$ ls -a
. certs fs kernel scripts usr .config.old modules.builtin .tmp_kallsyms1.o .tmp_System.map vmlinux
.. crypto include lib security virt kernelConfig modules.order .tmp_kallsyms1.S .tmp_vmlinux1 .vmlinux.cmd
arch drivers init mm sound built-in.o kernelConfig2 Module.symvers .tmp_kallsyms2.o .tmp_vmlinux2 vmlinux.o
block firmware ipc net .tmp_versions .config .missing-syscalls.d System.map .tmp_kallsyms2.S .version
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Thank you!
Langest
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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Langest,
Welcome to gentoo.
As --depclean removed your kernel makefile, you have a newer kernel in /usr/src that has not yet been installed.
You should upgrade your kernel.
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Langest
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you for the fast reply!
You are correct that there exists another kernel version, but to me it does not look like a newer version.
| Code: | $ ls -l /usr/src/
total 8.0K
drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4.0K Jan 10 17:57 linux-4.14.7-gentoo
drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4.0K Jan 19 23:39 linux-4.9.76-gentoo-r1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jan 12 09:49 linux -> linux-4.14.7-gentoo/
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4.14.7 is the kernel I currently run on which is missing the make file and 4.9.76 is the newer? I thought 4.14.7 > 4.9.76-r. But as you say, it seems like 4.9.76-r has a Makefile.
When I look at https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/sys-kernel/gentoo-sources 4.14.7 is missing. Was it pulled because of something (meltdown & spectre maybe?) and that is the reason for me getting confused over the matter?
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Jaglover
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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Langest,
Ah. 4.14.7 got masked for bugs that that only affected hardened profile users.
That wasn't known at the time in was masked. Its now been removed from the repository.
| Code: | $ eix gentoo-sources
[?] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
(4.14.8-r1) [M](~)4.14.8-r1^bs{tbz2}
(4.14.9) [M](~)4.14.9^bs
(4.14.10) [M](~)4.14.10^bs
(4.14.10-r1) [M](~)4.14.10-r1^bs
(4.14.11) [M](~)4.14.11^bs
(4.14.11-r1) (~)4.14.11-r1^bs
(4.14.11-r2) (~)4.14.11-r2^bs
(4.14.12) (~)4.14.12^bs{tbz2}
(4.14.13) (~)4.14.13^bs{tbz2} |
All the 4.14 versions in the repository are either masked [M] or testing (~)
If you want to try a testing kernel, use at least 4.14.11-r2 as that is the first one with the Spectre and Meltdown patches.
There is no reason to avoid 4.14.13, other than its still in Gentoo testing.
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pjp
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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| NeddySeagoon wrote: | If you want to try a testing kernel, use at least 4.14.11-r2 as that is the first one with the Spectre and Meltdown patches.
There is no reason to avoid 4.14.13, other than its still in Gentoo testing. |
Project:Security/Vulnerabilities/Meltdown and Spectre changed their "recommended / stabilization candidate" version from 4.14.13 to 4.14.14.
I had no problems using 'make olddefconfig' to upgrade from .13 to .14. |
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Langest
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| Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 8:28 am Post subject: |
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Wow, plenty of thanks!
That is a lot of useful information and I feel you covered all of my questions. |
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