Project Talk:Distribution Kernel

Supported tracks
The supported tracks need to be updated. Or maybe just removed so they no longer need to be updated? :)


 * Done. Made it for rarer updates now. Michał Górny (talk) 08:05, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

Hook directory
The page advises to “use a hook in /etc/kernel/install.d/ to automatically update GRUB” but that didn't work for me. sys-kernel/installkernel-gentoo uses /etc/kernel/postinst.d instead. Is /etc/kernel/install.d/ specific to sys-kernel/installkernel-systemd-boot?


 * The grub update is handled by the now stable [grub] which installs a script into postinst.d. --Tastytea (talk) 13:17, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

initramfs
I don't have access to edit the main page, but it was complained to me that an "initramfs" section should be added, explaining that the "initramfs" USE flag is available, its on by default, and REQUIRES use of dracut to auto-generate it. A link could also be added to the Initramfs section, but its unclear to me if anything on those sub-pages are directly relevant to how the initramfs works with the dist-kernel. I'm not sure how to deal with the overall repeated information but only show what is applicable.

While gentoo-kernel-bin is not mentioned much in the wiki as it actually should be a ready-to-use kernel with universal configuration, there is no description about the USE=initramfs there. However some

did

while did create /boot/initramfs-5.15.52-gentoo-dist.img but still not symlinked. Shouldn't the emerge leave a ready kernel in /boot and also symlinking the initramfs like it does with System.map, vmlinuz and config? If emerge should install and activate a kernel it should also call by some USE=grub switch, no? --Massimo B. (talk) 12:32, 4 August 2022 (UTC)