The latest genkernel dosn't do anything other than print out the flags I used: zorka ~ # genkernel all * Gentoo Linux Genkernel; Version 3.2.0_pre8 * Running with options: all zorka ~ # genkernel --kernel-config=/etc/kernels/kernel-config-x86_64-2.6.11-gentoo-r11 --menuconfig --bootsplash all * Gentoo Linux Genkernel; Version 3.2.0_pre8 * Running with options: --kernel-config=/etc/kernels/kernel-config-x86_64-2.6.11-gentoo-r11 --menuconfig --bootsplash all zorka ~ # Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Portage 2.0.51.22-r1 (default-linux/amd64/2005.0, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r0, 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r11 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.12 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5, 2.4.1-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.9 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe -fPIC" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe -fPIC" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage /usr/local/breakmygentoo" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 3ds X Xaw3d a52 aac aalib accessibility acl acpi aim allegro alsa amuled ao apache2 athena audiofile avi backward-compatible bash-completion bcmath berkdb berkkdb bidi bitmap-fonts bl bmp bonobo bootsplash buttons bzip2 bzlib calendar canna caps cdb cdda cddb cdio cdparanoia cdparanois cdr cegui cg chasen cjk clanJavaScript clanVoice cpdflibcrypt cpudetection crypt cscope css ctype cups curl curlwrappers custom-cflags db2 dba dbase dbm dbx dedicated devil dga dio directfb directfbdivx4linux djbfft djvu dnd doc double-precision dpms dts dv dvb dvd dvdr dvdread dxr3 editor edl eds emacs emacs-w3 emul-linux-x86 encode epiphany esd evo examples exif expat f77 fam fame fbcon ffmpeg fftw flac flash flatfile font-server foomaticdb fortan fortran fping fpx freetds freetype freewnn ftp gaim gb gcj gd gd-external gdbm geoip gg ggi gif giff gii gimpprint ginac glitz glut gmail gmailtimestamps gnome gnomedb gnustep gnutls gphoto2 gpm graphviz gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile hal howl httpd iconv icq ieee1394 imagemagick imap imlib inifile innodb ipv6 irc ithreads jabber java javascript jbig jikes jp2 jpeg lcms ldap leim libcaca libclamav libedit libg++ libgda libvisual libwww live lj lzo lzw lzw-tiff mad maildir mailwrapper mapeditor matroska matrox mbox mcal mcve md5sum mdb migemo mikmod mime ming mjpeg mng motif mozdevelop mozilla mozillampg3 mozsvg mp3 mpeg mpi mplayer msn mssql mule mysql mysqli mythtv nas ncurses neXt network nfs nls nntp nowin nptl nvidia oav oci8 odbc offensive ofx ogg oggvorbis openal openexr opengl openntpd oracle oss pam parse-clocks pcmcia pcre pda pdflib perl php physfs plotutils png pnp portaudio posix postgres ppds python qmail quicktime rar readlibe readline real remote rss rtc ruby samba sasl sblive scanner sdk sdl server silc slang sndfile sockets sox speex spell spl sqlite srp ssl stats stream subp subtitles svg symlink synlinkszip sysfs tcltk tcpd tga theora threads tidy tiff tokenizer tools truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb userlocales v4l v4l2 vcd videos vidix vlm vorbis wifi wmf wxgtk1 wxwindows xanim xbase xchatdccserver xchattext xface xine xml xml2 xmlrpc xmms xosd xpm xprint xrandr xsl xv xvid xvmc yahoo yaz yv12 zeo zlib zvbi userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, MAKEOPTS
Fixed in _pre9, thanks :)
