stuck on the incomplete nitro & reiser4 wiki

n3odi

I've installed gentoo quite a few times before, but I'm not sure if there is anything I have to do different with the Reiser4 and the Nitro Kernels? The guide I used is

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_Gentoo_with_Reiser4_enabled_using_Lxnay%27s_Gentoo_RR4_LiveCD

However it's not finished yet. I'm at the part where I typically emerge gentoo-dev-sources however I just remembered that I need whatever the nitro kernel they are talking about? And I'm not sure how to emerge it (searching for nitro revealed no results) or where to get it? Could someone please help guide me in the right direction? As I've said I've installed gentoo before, so if someone could point out what I have to do different to get the nitro kernel and reiser4 system up, I would appreciate it

racoontje · Veteran Joined: 19 Jul 2004 Posts: 1290

You need to get the nitro-sources ebuild manually.

n3odi · Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 6:06 pm Post subject:

eikketk · Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 6:10 pm Post subject:

You can also use -mm, which is in portage AFAIK, and got reiser4 in.

Some other patchsets (-morph, -love, -nitro and my -ikke) also got reiser4 support, next to some more. Some of there are vanilla-based (-ikke), -ck based (-nitro), -mm based (love), dunno what -morph is based on :oops:

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nexus780 · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:36 am Post subject:

Or you just get the "normal" source code archives and follow the instructions for them. I read somewhere how to do it, looked really simple actually, can't remember where tho

Pink · Veteran Joined: 24 Jul 2003 Posts: 1062

n3odi · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:39 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the suggestion, you're right I probably shouldn't use the nitro sources. However since I already formatted with Reiser4 can I use the regular gentoo-dev-sources kernel and patch it with Reiser4 support? If so how would I do this? The only reason I really wanted this was just for the Riser4 support.

Pink · Veteran Joined: 24 Jul 2003 Posts: 1062

n3odi · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:02 pm Post subject:

Thanks for your quick reply

I just tried emerging mm-sources and it said all of them are masked, upon trying to emerge the individual package it told me the specific key requires an operator? It said they are masked by the ~x86 keyword? How would I go about emerging them?

Pink · Veteran Joined: 24 Jul 2003 Posts: 1062

To emerge masked packages (and remember they are masked for a reason - not too stable, not tested, etc) you add it to your package.keywords file in /etc/portage. (yes, that is correct: /etc/portage, not /usr/portage)

If the directory or file do not exist, create them.

Here's a bit of mine to give you an idea:

n3odi · Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:11 pm Post subject:

Ahh I see now, this is all starting to make sense. Thanks for the great help I really appreciate it. I always wondered what the keywords did because I just followed instructions but never really met a situation where I had to define them myself for a reason.

BlinkEye · Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 5:29 pm Post subject:

and to allow a specific version of an ebuild to be emerged use for example