Is Gentoo an outlier or do all Linux distributions deal with this problem?

▲ c0balt 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Many distros deal with the problem of learning about these issues the same time as the public. Some have fast track processes to ensure patches can get into their stable/rolling releases but it is still a lot of work (especially as kernel updates usually mean that automatic updates won't fully shipped you (without alsp automatically rebooting after an update)).

▲ ordu 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

All of them need to do it. There maybe differences, like different number of versions of kernel supported, so less of backporting, but still distros have to provide fixed kernels.

With Gentoo I believe it is more fun, because of all the options gentoo provides out of a box. More kernels, more work to do.

    ls /var/db/repos/gentoo/sys-kernel/
    asahi-sources/       git-sources/         linux-next/          scx-loader/
    bliss-initramfs/     gnumach/             metadata.xml         udev-hid-bpf/
    cryptodev/           hurd/                mips-sources/        ugrd/
    dkms/                installkernel/       modprobed-db/        vanilla-kernel/
    dracut/              kci-dev/             pf-sources/          vanilla-sources/
    dracut-crypt-ssh/    kergen/              raspberrypi-image/   virtme-ng/
    genkernel/           kpatch/              raspberrypi-sources/ zen-sources/
    gentoo-kernel/       linux-docs/          rt-sources/
    gentoo-kernel-bin/   linux-firmware/      rumpkernel/
    gentoo-sources/      linux-headers/       scx/

Not all these directories are different kernel packages, but anything with -kernel or -sources at the end is.

	▲	tardedmeme an hour ago \| parent [-]
		When I used Gentoo the normal was to install gentoo-sources, which gives you the kernel source code but doesn't compile it. You then have to compile and install the kernel yourself without any support from the package manager. If you're running on a different platform then perhaps you need the raspberrypi or asahi kernel