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PeeJay
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 Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 11:11 am Post subject: Forcing re-compile of initramfs? |
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How do I force a recompile of everything that goes into the initramfs (using genkernel-next)? Have have changed my system from an intel to amd cpu.
I recompiled @world and the kernel in advance, but forgot about the initramfs, so I'm getting a kernel panic. I managed to work around the issue by using another machine with less aggressive compiler flags to build the same kernel, but I'd like to fix it.
I've looked everywhere but I can't find where the files are cached.
Would it be considered a bug with genkernel that there is no command option to totally recreate the initramfs?
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DONAHUE
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Zucca
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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There are man pages and --help too.
| genkernel --help | head: | Gentoo Linux Genkernel 64
Usage:
genkernel [options] action
Available Actions:
all Build all steps
bzImage Build only the kernel
initramfs Build only the ramdisk/initramfs
kernel Build only the kernel and modules |
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John R. Graham
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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Well it depends on whether you mean to rebuild the initramfs or recompile everything in it. Rebuilding it is a simple genkernel built-in command: | Code: | | genkernel initramfs |
but this doesn't rebuild the executables in the initramfs. Genkernel builds those but caches the binaries in /var/cache/genkernel. Erasing the contents of that directory (no need to erase its subdirectories) will force Genkernel to recompile them: | Code: | rm /var/cache/genekernel/*
genkernel initramfs |
@DONAHUE, --mrproper will not erase this cache and also causes the recompile of the whole kernel, something the OP didn't ask for.
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DONAHUE
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| Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks.
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PeeJay
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| Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 1:18 am Post subject: |
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| John R. Graham wrote: | | Code: | | rm /var/cache/genekernel/* |
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That was what I needed. Thanks! |
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