.. title: Gentoo 4.19.x generic kernel configuration
.. slug: gentoo-419x-generic-kernel-configuration
.. date: 2019-02-24 21:10:28 UTC+01:00
.. tags: gentoo, linux, kernel
.. category: 
.. link: 
.. description: A generic configuration file for building 4.19.x Linux kernels on Gentoo
.. type: text

The 4.19.23 Linux kernel has been marked as stable in Gentoo_ a few days ago and
I've just updated my generic kernel configuration file to match it. As with the
:doc:`the 4.14.x configuration <gentoo-414x-generic-kernel-configuration>` I
posted a while ago this configuration is based on the Fedora kernel with some
Gentoo-specific tweaks. It supports practically every bit of hardware in
existence and enables a lot of bleeding-edge kernel functionality. The downside
is that building it will take a while and the modules will occupy quite a bit
of storage.

To use it install the latest stable ``sys-kernel/gentoo-sources`` package
(4.19.x), copy the configuration file under ``/usr/src/linux/`` and rename it
to ``.config`` then proceed to build and install the kernel as usual.

`Gentoo 4.19.x kernel configuration file`_

.. _Gentoo: https://www.gentoo.org
.. _`Gentoo 4.19.x kernel configuration file`: https://www.setphaserstostun.org/config-4.19