Re: ipv6, ipsec, xfs which kernel shall i use

Adolf Hohl wrote:
> Hi gentoo users,
> 
> can anybody give me a hint which kernel supports ipv6, ipsec, xfs and 
> the other standard stuff which is needed to use the system as a desktop 
> workstation.
> 
> Thanks for your help

Yes, although I must say your definition of desktop workstation is 
pretty sophisticated! The "gentoo-sources" build (which is Gentoo's 
customised kernel based on 2.4.19 sources) supports all of these things 
as of release 10. It's masked, so you either need to unmask it by 
removing the appropriate line from "/usr/portage/profiles/package.mask" 
or do this (not sure if step 6 is necessary but it won't hurt):

    1) Add "xfs" to your USE flags, and "acpi" if you want new ACPI layer
    2) "crypt" USE flag will give you IPSec and FreeS/WAN. But this flag
       should already be in /etc/make.profile/make.defaults anyway.
       Check.
    3) cd /usr/portage/sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
    4) ebuild gentoo-sources-r10.ebuild fetch
    5) ebuild gentoo-sources-r10.ebuild unpack
    6) ebuild gentoo-sources-r10.ebuild install
    7) ebuild gentoo-sources-r10.ebuild qmerge

If you've already got a system up and running, then I would recommend 
removing your existing kernel tree first with the "rm -rf" command. And 
have a look under your "/lib/modules" directory. Rename the directory 
contained therein to something different. Now just

    cd /usr/src/linux
    make mrproper
    make menuconfig

And take it from there. If you want more info on r10 then examine the 
ChangeLog. BEWARE! The kernel maintainer has this to say about r10:

<quote>
   Well I dug up about 3-4 hours of time and merged xfs into this kernel 

   so everyone who has been asking for it finally gets their way because 

   I hate being unpopular.  I hope you all enjoy XFS, it is enabled by a 

   hidden useflag so set USE="xfs" to turn it on for this kernel. 
Please
   let me know your results.  Apparently with these patches enabled, JFS 

   causes corruption due to some strange interrraction.  If you use JFS 

   and XFS use xfs-sources-2.4.19-r2 please.
</quote>

If it all works for you, let him know at [email protected]. Have fun.

--kerframil