Handbook:Parts/Installation/Kernel/en

Installing the sources
The core around which all distributions are built is the Linux kernel. It is the layer between the user programs and the system hardware. Gentoo provides its users several possible kernel sources. A full listing with description is available at the Kernel overview page.

For -based systems Gentoo recommends the package:

Choose an appropriate kernel source and install it using :

This will install the Linux kernel sources in in which a symbolic link called  will be pointing to the installed kernel source: