Add a script to update the Kernel on a Void Linux workstation

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+#!/bin/sh
+# Basic script to update the kernel on a Void Linux system somewhat automatically
+set -e
+set -x
+version="$(sed 11q Makefile \
+	| sed -n \
+		-e's/^VERSION = //p' \
+		-e's/^PATCHLEVEL = //p' \
+		-e's/^SUBLEVEL = //p' \
+	| tr '\n' '.' \
+	| sed -e's/\.$//')"
+localversion="$(sed 25q .config \
+	| sed -rn \
+		-e's/^CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=".*"$//p')"
+if [ -z "$version" ] ; then
+	exit 1;
+fi
+CPUs="$(nproc)"
+# git checkout v$version
+make -j$CPUs "$@" olddefconfig bzImage modules
+sudo make -j$CPUs install modules_install
+sudo dracut -f --kver "${version}${localversion}"
+sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
+# echo "You'll have to update grub by hand there bud"