BG_GEN_UNIFIED_KERNEL(1)
π BG_GEN_UNIFIED_KERNEL π
okay bestie, so this is the manual page for bg_gen_unified_kernel β it lives in section 1, aka User Commands, aka the "you just type this in your shell, no cap" section. it makes unified kernel images and honestly? it's giving main character energy.
β¨ NAME β¨
bg_gen_unified_kernel β Generate unified kernel image π
πΈ DESCRIPTION πΈ
the usage, verbatim, exactly how it comes out, no edits:
usage: bg_gen_unified_kernel [-h] [-c "CMDLINE"] [-d DTB] [-i INITRD]
STUB KERNEL UNIFIEDIMAGE
and what does it do? Generate unified kernel image. that's it, that's the whole vibe. one job, does it slay. π
π¦ positional arguments π¦
these are the ones you just... hand over, in order, no flag needed. the way that they're literally required β yes bestie, all three.
STUBβ the stub image you're gonna use π«ΆKERNELβ image of the kernel. yeah. the actual kernel. kind of important nglUNIFIEDIMAGEβ name of the unified kernel image file, aka what you want the output to be called β¨
π options π
the flags, the little guys, the "-dash" besties:
-h,--helpβ shows this help message and then dips. π¬ exits, bestie, it does not stick around-c,--cmdline "CMDLINE"β the kernel command line. yes it wants the quotes, she's dramatic like that π-d,--dtb DTBβ device tree for the kernel. and you can specify this one MULTIPLE TIMES β it's not a one-and-done situation, she's flexible, she's generous, you can keep adding-dπ (this is called "can be specified multiple times", which is lowkey iconic of her)-i,--initrd INITRDβ the initrd/initramfs for the kernel. the little pre-boot survival kit. obsessed πΈ
fr fr, remember:STUB,KERNELandUNIFIEDIMAGEare positional β they come in that order, and they're not optional. the flags can be sprinkled wherever, but those three are non-negotiable. iykyk π
ok so that's the whole page, no filler, no fluff, everything you need and nothing you don't. go build your unified kernel image, bestie, you're gonna eat π
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sign-off time β this beauty is bg_gen_unified_kernel v0.22, dated August 2026, and ngl, it's still the moment. periodt. π
π¦ where this page comes from
- ubuntu stonking: efibootguard 0.22-2ubuntu1 Β· GPL-2.0-only
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms