qkernel
qkernel is a simple wrapper around genkernel to provide an easier way to update or recompile the kernel including initramfs. It autodetects if a kernel configuration exists and automatically calls genkernel with the required parameters. qkernel prevents to store files under  /etc/kernels 
and doesn't use or touch the  config-YYYY-mm-dd-H:m:s-bak 
files created by genkernel.
Usage
Simply run (refer to qkernel.8 for details):
$ qkernel [ view | save ]
Because qkernel is a wrapper around genkernel it builds the kernel which is linked to  /usr/src/linux 
! qkernel doesn't touch nor change this link!
Internals
qkernel uses internal the file  .qconfig 
which is simply a copy of  .config 
(beware of the q). If  .qconfig 
doesn't exists in  /usr/src/linux 
it copies the actual  /proc/config.gz 
and uses genkernel's command line option  –oldconfig 
. Thus a  make oldconfig 
will be done. Otherwise it uses  .qconfig 
for the kernel configuration. After the kernel was build successfully it updates  .qconfig 
with the actual configuration. qkernel runs genkernel with the command line options  –menuconfig –no-save-config 
always.
The file  .qconfig 
is used to be required because qkernel executes  make mrproper 
and  make clean 
always - as recommended by the kernel developers.
The decision to not use  /etc/kernels 
was made to not spread files over the operating system to uncommon locations and prevent possible confusion.
In case the last configuration stored by menuconfig have to be restored, do
$ cd /usr/src/linux $ cp .oldconfig .qconfig
Beware of .qconfig and NOT .config! Alternative a config-*.bak file could be copied if necessary.
Usually it is save to delete all *.bak files if the kernel was compiled successful. Maybe this will become a subject to change to let qkernel do this.