Arch Linux User Repository

Important update
I have updated and renamed some settings envvars. Please check your scripts, aliases, brain memory or whatever you use to store your build command and update them accordingly. Please read the description in the PKGBUILD file instead of the short summary in the pinned comment on the AUR or in the README in the repository as some important details important to this update are only found inside the PKGBUILD.

Information comment
This comment provides useful information about this package. Make sure to read it through, you won't regret it.

Repository URL
This package is hosted at sos!git. If you want to contribute to the package, you can do it here: https://git.staropensource.de/JeremyStarTM/aur-linux-clear

Issue handling
Please only submit issues in the package's repository if they aren't bug reports about the package or help requests. Please keep them to the AUR only. This prevents unnecessary signups.

Updates
I usually publish updates 0-3 days after a kernel release, depending on how busy I am.
If I however get wind of security-relevant updates or any vulnerabilities I will try to update the kernel as soon as possible and write a comment about the vulnerability/update. So make sure to subscribe to this package's comment mailing list.

PKGBUILD environment variable customization
The PKGBUILD file supports customization via environment variables. Here's a list of all of them:
- _makemenuconfig: Invokes make menuconfig (ncurses-based default configuration menu) before compilation starts
- _makenconfig: Invokes make nconfig (ncurses-based nicer configuration menu) before compilation starts
- _makexconfig: Invokes make xconfig (X11-based GUI configuration menu) before compilation starts
- _reuse_current: Will use the configuration of the running kernel, if the running kernel is compiled with IKCONFIG_PROC
- _reuse_file: Will use the configuration file named kconfig contained in the PKGBUILD file's directory
- _update_kconfig_on_reuse: Specifies whether the kernel configuration shall be updated when using any of the 'reuse*' flags
- _copyfinalconfig: Copies the final kernel configuration into the repository root as kconfig-new before compilation starts
- _localmodcfg: Only compiles modules found in modprobed-db's database (which decreases compilation time and kernel size)
- _use_llvm_lto: Compiles the kernel with LLVM instead of GCC. Should work, if not open an issue
- _subarch: Specifies the subarchitecture to compile for (see the PKGBUILD file for a list of all subarches). Default is 41 (Generic x86-64), which is compatible with all amd64 processors. Must be a number
- _use_llvm_lto: Enables compilation with LLVM. Untested but should work. If not write a comment on the AUR.
- _subarch_microarch: Specifies the microarchitecture to compile for. Only applies to and is required by the GENERIC_CPU subarch. Must be a number between 1 and 4 (click for more information)
- _debug_kernel: Force enables kernel debugging options when set to y, force disables debug options when set to n or relies on the kconfig when unset
- _debug_script: Enables debugging for the PKGBUILD file

All of these variables just need to be set for them to apply, except for _subarch, _subarch_microarch and _debug_kernel. For more information please check their documentation inside the PKGBUILD file

GPG errors
If makepkg complains about invalid PGP keys, try running this command first: gpg --locate-keys torvalds@kernel.org gregkh@kernel.org sashal@kernel.org benh@debian.org. This command only needs to be executed once.

Build tool
If you want a dead simple way to compile this package, you can try out my build tool. It includes a few no nonsense changes to the kernel configuration and allows you to configure the PKGBUILD file in a simple manner and decrease build time. And if you don't want that, using makepkg as-is works fine too.

Nvidia-dkms 1) make sure to create a blacklist.conf in you're /etc/modprobe.d/ folder

2) blacklist nouveau blacklist nvidia.fb (this is actually a nouvea driver misabled so it has to be blacklisted)

3) beyond that make sure You include the command lines for Linux clear in your boot script. And For love of God if you're stil using grab switch to systed-boot

Hi, is anybody using the proprietary Nvidia drivers with this kernel? I guess I will need the dkms version. Any problems, tips/tricks, hints for using the kernel it NVIDIA blob? Thanks.

@vivaeltopo It's an issue in mkinitcpio which I already reported. https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/65725

I am getting this warning while creating the fallback image.

>> mkinitcpio -v -p linux-clear
[...]
    adding file: /usr/lib/libreiserfscore.so.0
    adding file: /usr/bin/fsck.vfat
    adding file: /usr/bin/fsck.xfs
    adding file: /usr/sbin/fsck
cp: cannot stat '(builtin)': No such file or directory
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-clear-fallback.img
==> WARNING: errors were encountered during the build. The image may not be complete.

@MikeDee Aur helpers are not supported in arch. You're supposed to import the pgp key yourself.
Aur hosts pkgbuild files (recipes) for bulding arch packages and my pinned comment point to my repository where I provide built binary packages.
These are built from source on arch for arch, while linux-clear-bin as the name says, takes the built binary code from clear and repackages it. There's a difference.

I got the following error in Octopi when trying to install linux-clear 5.5.15-2:

Installing selected packages...

resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... Packages (1) linux-clear-5.5.15-2 Total Installed Size: 52.97 MiB checking keys in keyring checking package integrity error: linux-clear: missing required signature error: failed to commit transaction (package missing required signature) Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Command finished with errors!

Also, the pinned comment above says the repository contains binaries. This package is source code, not a binary. I went the AUR linux-clear-bin to get the kernel binary.