ilja Mar 16
im trying to install gentoo for the first time, and chose to compile the kernel instead of downloading the binary, but, fwew, this has been running for ages now o.o
Show threadKullervo KalevanpoikaMar 16
@ilja if you configure less stuff to be built, either into the kernel or as modules it's goes faster

make localmodconfig writes a configuration for your running system (you might miss some modules for peripherals not currently plugged in)

see also https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kernel/Configuration#Tools
Kernel/Configuration - Gentoo wiki

Show threadilja 
@eal it's really the first time im doing this, so for now i wanna see it working in "default mode" before diving deeper and wondering why certain things go wrong. but yeah, that's probably a kind of thing ill need to look into later (and getting a better idea of how these things work is indeed part of why i want to do this)
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Show threadKullervo KalevanpoikaMar 16
@ilja my first install I selected everything via make menuconfig
it even had working wifi!
Show thread(eval 'Toast)Mar 16
@ilja @eal there is no default mode for the kernel, everything you might think to be such is actually some weird profile mostly meant for testing
Show threadilja Mar 16
@toast @eal i meant default for the gentoo docs (so yes, gentoo profile i guess ^^ )