vgist/kernelconfig

manual kernel configuration for Gentoo, on the Lenovo ThinkPad (X230, X280)

Devices

• Thinkpad X230
• Thinkpad X280
• utm.app on m1 MacBook Pro

Compressed kernel modules

Please note, kernel configuration files here used to contain compression of kernel and modules, so you should emerge sys-apps/kmod with below USE flags before compiling your kernel and modules

file: /etc/portage/package.use

sys-apps/kmod lzma zlib zstd

Kernel Configuration

Generate basic config file

make savedefconfig

Restore from basic config file

cd /usr/src/linux/
cp /path/your_defconfig .config
make olddefconfig

or

cd /usr/src/linux/
cp /path/your_defconfig arch/your-srcarch/configs/your_new_defconfig
make your_new_defconfig

Build binary

make -j`nproc` && make modules_install

Read more: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kernel/Configuration