TIP_Kernel_Autobuild
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Solution 1 - portage download + config from current + installation
This is a simple script that downloads current version of the kernel and fires make, make modules_install and make install (installs new image under /boot/vmlinuz).
| File: updatekernel.sh |
#!/bin/bash cd /usr/src/linux # save your .config file echo "[NEWKERNEL] Old .config file saved in ~/config-bak." cp -i .config ~/config-bak # clean the linux sources echo "[NEWKERNEL] Cleaning old kernel out..." make mrproper cd .. # download the kernel and patches echo "updating your portage tree..." emerge --sync echo "[NEWKERNEL] Merging new sources..." emerge gentoo-sources # delete old version (the directory can remain) emerge -P gentoo-sources # make a new link to actual linux sources echo "[NEWKERNEL] Creating new link..." SRC=`ls -t --format=single-column | grep linux- | head -n 1` ln -sf $SRC linux # prepare config echo "[NEWKERNEL] Grabbing new config..." cd $SRC # original line is: # zcat /proc/config.gz > .config # cp -f ~/config-bak .config echo "[NEWKERNEL] Delete the backup of the kernel configuration?" rm -i ~/config-bak # compile and install it (with ccache) echo "[NEWKERNEL] Building new kernel..." PATH="/usr/lib/ccache/bin:$PATH" make && make modules_install && make install # merge all necessary modules echo "[NEWKERNEL] Installing necessary modules..." emerge ipw2200 alsa-driver emerge -u alsa-lib alsa-utils |
This simple script is useful for those who have hand-configured kernel and do not change this configuration with new versions and who have already configured /boot/vmlinuz as a default booting kernel. From time to time it is good to delete old directories with temp files which havent been pruned or cleaned with Mr. Proper. Enjoy.
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This script makes a lot of assumptions and is not suitable for an automated build system. First, you blindly assume that we want gentoo-sources. :-) why not simply use virtual/kernel-sources ?? you can use virtuals in other packages listed in your script also.
External Links
http://wiki.kaspersandberg.com/doku.php?id=projects:scripts:installkernel - A more advanced, and accomodating kernel installation script. with nice output :)
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