Genkernel fork to have some custom behavior.
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Corrected spelling -> iSCSI
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arch iSCSI patch for genkernel 16 years ago
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modules Added the modules directory, which will be used to store the built-in modules and also for external entities to add their own modules and hooks. 17 years ago
netboot Apply patch from gentoo bug #266373 for additional options in the netboot busy-config 16 years ago
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README Removing bootsplash support since it hasn't been in a kernel we've supported for years now, causes confusion amongst users, and really wasn't being used and caused issues with 2.6/initrd creation in some corner cases. 18 years ago
TODO Added more verbosity to the auto-detection section. 16 years ago
gen_arch.sh Add case for arm* in get_official_arch() 16 years ago
gen_bootloader.sh Modify grep regex to account for additional suffixes on old kernel names 16 years ago
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gen_configkernel.sh iSCSI patch for genkernel 16 years ago
gen_determineargs.sh iSCSI patch for genkernel 16 years ago
gen_funcs.sh iSCSI patch for genkernel 16 years ago
gen_initramfs.sh iSCSI patch for genkernel 16 years ago
gen_moddeps.sh Actually setting permissions. It helps if one remembers to 'git add' before doing their commit. 16 years ago
gen_package.sh Add support for multiple possible kernel binary paths for gentoo bug #255085 16 years ago
genkernel iSCSI patch for genkernel 16 years ago
genkernel.8 Fix typo in man page, butt -> but 17 years ago
genkernel.conf iSCSI patch for genkernel 16 years ago

README

DEPENDANCIES:

- GCC and binutils
- GNU Bash

USAGE:
See http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/genkernel.xml or
issue ``genkernel --help''.

PORTING:
To port to other arches:

# cd /usr/share/genkernel
# cp -Rp x86 ${myarch}
# mkdir /usr/share/genkernel/pkg/${myarch}

Modify what is needed in the /usr/share/genkernel/${myarch}
directory, as well making a generic kernel-config.

IMPORTANT KERNEL NOTES:
- You MUST have /dev/pts turned on.
"Block devices->Loopback device support"
"Block devices->RAM disk support"
- To boot genkernel properly, the kernel config must have
RAM disk support and Initial RAM disk support. You should
also set your "Default RAM disk size to 8192"

BOOTING A KERNEL WITH INITRD:

GRUB:
real_root= needs to point to your root partition
root= needs to point to the ramdisk (should stay at /dev/ram0)
init= needs to point to the linuxrc file to execute on the ramdisk
vga= should be the resolution you want your screen. 0x317 is
1024x768 - 16bpp and you'll get a pretty splash if
configured properly

GRUB EXAMPLE ENTRY:
title=2.6.0 [ Genkernel ]
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.6.0-gentoo root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc real_root=/dev/hda3 vga=0x317
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-2.6.0-gentoo