customizing genkernel/installkernel

krotuss · Apprentice Joined: 01 Aug 2008 Posts: 229

Hi,

would it be possible to modify genkernel and installkernel to automate kernel build and install on architecture that is not supported out of the box? For example raspberry raspberry pi. I am interested in automating process described here here. Where it differs most from standard install is that there is extra make 'dtbs' target, and need to copy those dtb files to correct /boot location, rpi also uses different kernel image by default.
I expect that it should be possible and relatively easy, for somebody who knows what he's doing, but I didn't found it in any gentoo rpi guide. I have very little experience with those two packages, so I would be grateful for any advice about how to do it efficiently.

Nowa · Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2024 12:12 pm Post subject:

installkernel is mostly modular and can be customized to do basically anything using plugins. But genkernel does not use installkernel, it has its own kernel installation mechanism.
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