> Alternative: Using genkernel https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:X86/Installation/Kernel#Alternative:_Using_genkernel When <Using genkernel> , is the emerge --ask sys-apps/pciutils requested ? Reproducible: Always Expected Results: add details in wiki if applicable ...
no, it is not required, so it's not listed in the genkernel directions. as stated in the handbook, the only reason for installing pciutils is so that the user can manually discover their system's hardware and create their own kernel. genkernel creates a generic kernel that will run on most anything, with no user intervention.
thx very much for your comment so i understand this comment goes also for emerge --ask sys-apps/usbutils if so, should emerge --ask sys-apps/usbutils to be mentionned at https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:X86/Installation/Kernel Default: Manual configuration Introduction Manually configuring ... However, one ... root #emerge --ask sys-apps/pciutils >> emerge --ask sys-apps/usbutils <<
