Gentoo Linux installed on a modern Tuxedo laptop, with Wayland and Niri offers a high-performance, customizable development environment. Gentoo, a source-based distribution, allows fine-tuned control over system components, optimized for the Tuxedo hardware’s robust specs, such as high-end CPUs and GPUs. Wayland provides a modern, secure, and smooth display server protocol, enhancing graphical performance. Niri, a minimalist Wayland compositor, delivers a lightweight, tiling window manager experience, ideal for development, prioritizing efficiency and workspace organization. GitHub: tuxedocomputers.

Gentoo

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 1OS: Gentoo Linux x86_64 
 2Host: TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro AMD Gen10 Standard 
 3Kernel: 6.17.0-gentoo-gentoo-dist 
 4Uptime: 2 hours, 33 mins 
 5Packages: 1042 (emerge) 
 6Shell: bash 5.3.3 
 7Resolution: 2560x1440 
 8DE: niri 
 9Theme: Adwaita [GTK2/3] 
10Icons: Adwaita [GTK2/3] 
11Terminal: kitty 
12CPU: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 w/ Radeon 890M (24) @ 5.157GHz 
13GPU: AMD ATI Radeon 880M / 890M 
14Memory: 3081MiB / 127904Mi```

Gentoo kernel version 6.17.0

In file /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/kernel put this:

1sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel ~amd64
2sys-kernel/gentoo-sources ~amd64

and emerge it:

1emerge -qa sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel sys-kernel/gentoo-sources

select it:

1# eselect kernel list
2Available kernel symlink targets:
3  [1]   linux-6.16.9-gentoo
4  [2]   linux-6.16.9-gentoo-dist
5  [3]   linux-6.17.0-gentoo *
6
7# eselect kernel set 3

(-dist is the dist-kernel that may also be installed)

configure it (the source of the copy command will become available when 6.17.0 dist-kernel is installed):

1# cd /usr/src/linux
2# cp -i /etc/portage/savedconfig/sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-6.17.0 ./.config
3# make menuconfig

The /etc/portage/savedconfig/sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-6.17.0 file was generated by an earlier dist-kernel install and is nice starting point for a custom configuration (I changed nothing -- only saved the new configuration).

build it:

1# cd /usr/src/linux
2# make -j$(nproc) clean
3# make -j$(nproc)
4# make modules_install
5# make install

NOW REBOOT INTO THE NEW KERNEL

yt6801 wired network driver

This required changes to a Motorcomm version 1.0.30 download, so that it now works under Gentoo (and a recent kernel, i.e. 6.17.0). The result is on Codeberg: photonsphere/yt6801-gentoo and can be cloned, compiled and installed.

Clone Gentoo specific yt6801 driver

clone and compile it:

1$ git clone https://codeberg.org/photonsphere/yt6801-gentoo
2$ cd yt6801-gentoo
3$ make clean && make modules

install it:

1$ sudo -s
2# make install

verify it:

1# modprobe yt6801
2# lsmod | grep yt6801
3# ip a
4# ping -c 3 photonsphere.org
5# lspci -k | grep -A 3 'Ethernet controller'
664:00.0 Ethernet controller: Motorcomm Microelectronics. YT6801 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 01)
7DeviceName: Realtek Ethernet
8Subsystem: AIstone Global Limited Device 7011
9Kernel driver in use: yt6801 

Last line is significant!

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