Additional Kernel Resources

Additional Kernel Resources

/etc/conf.d/modules

With Funtoo, OpenRC loads modules from /etc/conf.d/modules using the line:

modules_2_6="list of modules"

With Funtoo, define module arguments as follows:

module_module-name_args_2_6="module arg=value"

Other resources of interest related to compiling kernels:

• Genkernel Quick Start Tutorial
• Build your own Kernel on funtoo with dracut or better-initramfs
• The Gentoo Linux Kernel Configuration Guide
• How to configure Kernel Modesetting aka KMS (The Gentoo X Server Configuration HOWTO)
• Linux Sea by Sven Vermeulen has a nice kernel configuration section
• Pappy McFae offers kernel seeds to help get you started. Visit his website at kernel-seeds.org for more info.

If you prefer to manually configure and compile a kernel from source code directly, keep these things in mind:

• You are touching the very low level aspects of a system, it is absolutely normal to have difficulties in properly setting up a kernel (in fact, configuring a Linux Kernel could be considered a bit of an art)
• Take your time to investigate, it is a great occasion to Google a bit for some unknown notions (e.g. What is an I2C bus ? Hey, what is token ring ? What is a kernel module?).
• When your first kernel configuration is done, you can reuse it as a basis of configuration
• In case of doubt, keep the suggested defaults
• If you want your system to boot, and your are not using an initrd, you'll need to build all boot-related filesystems and drivers into the kernel directly rather than as modules.