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diff --git a/docs/distros/index.html b/docs/distros/index.html index a0b68374..5967b902 100644 --- a/docs/distros/index.html +++ b/docs/distros/index.html @@ -102,9 +102,66 @@ - configure the <em>ACCEPT_LICENSE</em> string accordingly. </p> <p> - You also need to deblob your kernel. See: - <a href="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Installation_on_libreboot#Use_a_Kernel_without_blobs">https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Installation_on_libreboot#Use_a_Kernel_without_blobs</a> - </p> + You also need to deblob your kernel: For that you need to add the +deblob useflag in the USE variable at /etc/portage/make.conf see +<a href="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Installation_on_libreboot#Let_portage_remove_the_blobs">https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Installation_on_libreboot#Let_portage_remove_the_blobs</a> +, so that when you install the source code of the kernel it is +emerged without the blobs, however this will only work if your +objective is to install the hardened-sources, ck-sources, or the +rt-sources kernel, so if you plan to install any other kernel such as +gentoo-sources (the recommended kernel by the Gentoo Project) or any +other kernel listed at <a href="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kernel/Overview">https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kernel/Overview</a> +you have two options:</p> +<ol> + <li> +<p>Creating a local overlay (repository) with a modified copy + of your desired kernel’s ebuild so that the deblob useflag does + work in it (This may not work if you use the kernel git-sources, as + of git-sources unstable, inconsistent, bleeding-edge nature it may + work at some point and in other not, also pf-sources won’t work + with this method as its versioning classification does conflict with + Gentoo’s internal script for controlling the deblobbing proccess, + however if you want to mess with the script it is located inside the + file at /usr/portage/eclass/kernel-2.eclass). For this first create + a local overlay following the steps defined at + <a href="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Overlay/Local_overlay">https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Overlay/Local_overlay</a> + , next create the directory of your kernel at + /usr/local/portage/sys-kernel/your-kernel-dir, after that copy the + ebuild of your desired kernel from + /usr/portage/sys-kernel/your-kernel-dir/your-kernel.ebuild to + usr/local/portage/sys-kernel/your-kernel-dir/your-kernel.ebuild, + then open it in an editor and add a line with K_DEBLOB_AVAILABLE=”1” + between the variable EAPI and the line inherit kernel-2, and finally + run with root permissions the command <b>ebuild + /usr/local/portage/sys-kernel/your-kernel-dir/your-kernel.ebuild + manifest</b> <span style="font-weight: normal">; after that if you + had already added </span><b>deblob</b> <span style="font-weight: normal">to + your useflags you can continue with the kernel installation as you + normally would.</span></p> + </li><li> +<p>Adding an exception to the licences that are accepted for + your desired kernel so that portage allows installing the source + code of your desired kernel even if it has blobs, and after that + applying the linux-libre deblob scripts by yourself and by doing so + removing the blobs. For this first create a file in + /etc/portage/package.license with the following content + <b>sys-kernel/your-kernel-sources freedist</b> <span style="font-weight: normal">, + next emerge (install) the source code of your kernel with portage, + after that go to /usr/src/linux and download the proper </span><b>deblob-check</b> <span style="font-weight: normal"> + and </span><b>deblob-version</b> <span style="font-weight: normal"> scripts for your kernel version from + <a href="http://www.fsfla.org/svn/fsfla/software/linux-libre/releases/tags/">http://www.fsfla.org/svn/fsfla/software/linux-libre/releases/tags/</a>, + then make them executable, and finally set the </span><b>EPYTHON</b> + <span style="font-weight: normal">variable to python2.7 and execute + with root permissions the script </span><b>deblob-version</b> <span style="font-weight: normal">; after that continue + with the kernel installation as you normally would. </span> + </p> +</li></ol> +<p><span style="font-weight: normal">It is also possible to install +the linux-libre sources following the ins</span><span style="font-weight: normal">tructions +at +<a href="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Installation_on_libreboot#Use_linux-libre_sources">https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Installation_on_libreboot#Use_linux-libre_sources</a></span> +however this is not recommended as portage would not be able to +manage it.</p> <p> <a href="https://gentoo.org/">Visit the Gentoo website</a> </p> |