difference between genkernel and manual compilation

sosoisl · n00b Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 23

hi,

the first time i installed gentoo on my pc i used genkernel to compile gentoo , but then i found that some drivers are missing so i had to select them using make menuconfig and then recompile the kernel using : make bzImage && make modules && make modules_install

so , now for the dual boot loader am i a genkernel or nongenkernel and did this miss up my system ???

Thanks,
sosoisl

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:38 pm Post subject:

sosoisl,

You are still genkernel, since you only changed its kernel configuration to add more modules.
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opentaka · l33t Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 840 Location: Japan

I think the title is very misleading?

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mikegpitt · Advocate Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 3224

This thread made me think... Does anyone know why there aren't more modules selected in the default genkernel? I've noticed that many of the sound modules aren't set to compile as modules (or at all).

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:50 pm Post subject:

mikegpitt,

The kernel sound is not selected by genkernel to allow you to use emerge alsa-drivers if you choose.
Gentoo is about choice - you could not use alsa-drivers if the kernel modules were included.
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nativemad · Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:11 pm Post subject:

Sometimes there are a few default-configs that i just find strange... or even chaneing in the r-versions!?! So i always use "genkernel --menuconfig blabla".

I find the name "genkernel" good, because its not just the compilation steps. (boot partition mounting, copy the image, makeing a superb initramfs etc.)

@sosoisl

Don't forget to copy the newly-created image in the boot partition. And name it like your genkernel-image! -Otherwise it might claim about unknown symbols... :wink:

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:36 pm Post subject:

nativemad,

I find most of the genkernel defualt configuration options strange until you rememebr its intended to produce a kernel that will boot for most people. When you are making a kernel for one PC, why would you want an initrd at all?
Well, I can think of two reasons splashimage and 3rd party kernel modules needed for mounting root, like dm-raid
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nativemad · Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:20 pm Post subject: