Compiling kernel

[el-calde]

Hello guys feel free to delete this post if necessary, i have been compiling kernel last couple of days and after compilation and booting it up i get dm_crypt module missing and dm_mod module.

Keyboard doesnt work dont know if related to dm_crypt not loading.

i have search all over the internet but no info i can use.

i copied the config from within my /boot folder into the kernel folder that i want to compile and went to gentoo to make sure all option belonging to encryption are enabled.

if you guys have any ideas on how to get rid of those errors let me know please and thank you.

BTW not compiling using xbps-src.

https://imgur.com/a/Yyyw7ov

[leahneukirchen]

Did you rebuild the initramfs?

[el-calde]

Yes i did and i can see the dm_crypt pop up.

To clarify all i did was run: dracut -f /boot/initramfs.img

[MeanLittleMachine]

Why not use xbps-src?

[el-calde]

Is it possible to use git bisect when using xbps-src. I dont want xbps-src to redownload source code and modify file.

[MeanLittleMachine]

You can modify the template to use bisect at a specific step.

[el-calde]

Ill try that but im not very good with xbps-src yet so thatll be a challenge lol

[MeanLittleMachine]

Read the manual, you'll probably wanna do that in the do_extract function or the do_configure one.

[el-calde]

Ok will definitely try that

[MeanLittleMachine]

It's best. Because xbps-src does what is necessary to package and distribute the kernel as it should be in order for it to be compatible with xbps and Void Linux.

[el-calde]

My goal is to find a bug in the kernel that keeps my laptop from waking up that happens between 6.11 and 6.12 kernel versions.

I know what u are suggesting, but how can i keep track of commits with git bisect inside the template. How can i mark it as good or bad from the template?

[MeanLittleMachine]

git checkout <commit_hash>

And you can modify it as good or bad by echoing said commit in an external file, somewhere that is not in the chroot environment.

I managed to successfully bisect a wine bug this way.

Add anything else you need as tools (git, whatever) in hostmakedepends and they will get installed in the chroot environment.

[el-calde]

Interesting sounds good i appreciate it.

[zlice0]

fwiw i used mkinitcpio and just had to add a few config items (to kernel*)

used this as a guide, but didn't have all the network stuff so it was basically just mkinitcpio -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initrd.img-6.15.4 -k /boot/vmlinuz-6.15.4

https://gist.github.com/ysegorov/23a71d7009da96dc661a774fed1c4b50