kernel configuration file

[herkusPT]

Hi,

Where I can download the default .config file to compile kernel linux-4.14.83-gentoo ?

Best Regards,

Herculano
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[NeddySeagoon]

herkusPT,

Its built into the kernel. There is a choice. Look in /usr/src/linux/arch/x86/configs/
None will work though. They are not intended to be used as is.

If you like the kernel on the liveCD, its made with

[herkusPT]

NeddySeagoon,

What is the best kernel configuration for desktop user, livedvd-amd64-multilib-20160704.iso or install-amd64-minimal-20181220T214503Z.iso ?

Thanks for your help
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[NeddySeagoon]

herkusPT,

You need to define 'best'. There is no single answer.

The install-amd64-minimal.iso kernel is made with

[herkusPT]

Hi,

I'm going to use the preconfiguration that exists in the topic that refers

When I refere the best kernel configuration for desktop user, I refere for example, the kernel more compatible which more usual devices, like sabayon distro for example, similar to gentoo distro.

Thanks
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[NeddySeagoon]

herkusPT,

Binary distros cheat.
They build the incompatible parts as modules then hope that the modules you don't need load, find nothing, then unload.
The backstop is to blacklist things you don't want.

The source based distro way is to build only what you need. That's probably harder, as at the start, you don't know everything you need and your kernel won't boot.
Be sure to not overwrite your genkernel kernel or its modules.

Be sure to set CONFIG_LOCALVERSION in your own kernel to stop that happening.
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NeddySeagoon

Computer users fall into two groups:-
those that do backups
those that have never had a hard drive fail.

[niku]

You could start with sys-kernel/gentoo-sources, and apply all the required configuration mentioned in the Gentoo Handbook. (Most of these were correctly set already, when I first ran make menuconfig.)

Doing just the above got me a bootable system. All that I had to do on top of it (which I did later) was to add the required support for WiFi, Bluetooth, USB Tethering, Sound Card, and some Power Management and ACPI options. For these, I used the Gentoo (and ocassionally ArchLinux) wiki site.

[Muso]

The very idea of a default config is weird. Binary distros, as NeddySeagoon has pointed out, build gigantic, bloated, modular kernels which modprobe like a hail Mary. To understand what your computer's kernel needs, know the hardware. So try an lspci. Also check the .pdf file from the manufacturer if you didn't build it yourself. Know what you need, build it into your kernel.
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[herkusPT]

Hi,

Ok, let me try start to build my kernel configuration to my computer. It is a very long work but is the best idea, I forget the standard configuration, and build my configuration.

Thank
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[NeddySeagoon]

herkusPT,

That will be this method.

The method is still valid but the kernel has grown a lot since I posted that.
Good use of the menus will save a lot of time. Setting and entire menu to off, sets its contents to off too.
e.g. If you don't have any TV cards, you can turn them all off.

There is no need to do it all in one sitting' if you save the config, you carry on from where you left off.
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Regards,

NeddySeagoon

Computer users fall into two groups:-
those that do backups
those that have never had a hard drive fail.

[herkusPT]

Thanks so much for your help
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