-VERY EXPERIMENTAL
-seems to work so far on amd64 and x86
-I've only tested with 2.6 kernels, it's possible that
-the module-init-tools we use doesn't work with 2.4 in
-which case we need to compile modutils as well and
-provide a static binary for that....
-
-INSTALLATION:
-
-put genkernel.conf in /etc
-
-put genkernel.sh in /usr/bin
-
-put the rest of the files and directories in /usr/share/genkernel
+# $Id$
+DEPENDENCIES:
+ - GCC and binutils
+ - GNU Bash
+ - PaX Utilities
+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, this is all the arch-specific stuff, as well
-as a generic kernel-config
-
-
-
-
+ 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