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The PKGBUILD file supports a few different configurable build-time options:

• _makenconfig Tweak kernel options prior to a build via nconfig. Pseudo-graphical menu based on ncurses. 1 2
• _localmodcfg Only compile active modules to VASTLY reduce the number of modules built and the build time.
• Please read arch wiki page for detailed explanation on how to use it.
• _subarch Enable additional optimization/tuning for kernel builds by adding more micro-architectures options. Default is Generic-x86-64 number 36 if nothing else is selected.
• PKGBUILD file with the list of architectures
• graysky kernel_compiler_patch
• _use_current Use the current kernel's .config file. Enabling this option will use the .config of the RUNNING kernel rather than the ARCH defaults. Useful when the package gets updated and you already went through the trouble of customizing your config options. NOT recommended when a new kernel is released, but again, convenient for package bumps.
• _use_llvm_lto Compile the kernel with LLVM/Clang.
• _debug Enable y some additional debug features present in arch kernel, but not in Clear upstream. n to force disable or leave empty to ignore.

Lastly, build the kernel by setting your environment variable env _subarch=40 _localmodcfg=y.

1. Binaries available in my repo: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/metakcahura:/kernel/Arch_Extra_standard/x86_64/

[home_metakcahura_kernel_Arch_Extra_standard]
SigLevel = Never
Server = http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/metakcahura:/kernel/Arch_Extra_standard/$arch

THIS IS OPTIONAL:

2. After install adjust your boot cmd line. ClearLinux uses clr-boot-manager which takes care of that. This is upstream default:

quiet console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 cryptomgr.notests initcall_debug intel_iommu=igfx_off kvm-intel.nested=1 no_timer_check noreplace-smp page_alloc.shuffle=1 rcupdate.rcu_expedited=1 rootfstype=ext4,btrfs,xfs,f2fs tsc=reliable rw 

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.

@metak: anyways, I fixed the problem. I think the problem is on my own side w/ wrong kernel config.