Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:15:20 +0000 (UTC) From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724@bellsouth.net> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATI graphics card on FreeBSD10: Xorg -configure fails (No DRICreatePCIBusID symbol) Message-ID: <139525.53330.bm@smtp119.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <CAN6yY1t9rCxuqmeqq1DBAqVbe9Xs%2BL_ZRmSjLVh5_cEjgFJ5sw@mail.gmail.com> <614128.37875.bm@smtp116.sbc.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <5307308E.20509@daemonic.se>
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> On 02/21/14 07:57, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> > Regarding WITH_GALLIUM, how would you design such parameters for an installation that could run on a wide variety of computers?
> The WITH_KMS option was removed some time ago, KMS is now the default
> with building WITH_NEW_XORG. With regards to gallium, that had to be
> made an option, since it brings in heavy dependencies in the form of
> llvm, which might not be desirable if compiling on slower computers.
> There are more instructions and information on
> https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics#Ports
> Regards!
--
> Niclas
Probability that I would actually use gallium from my USB-stick installation is really low, so I do best to avoid the unnecessary freight.
To run on a wide variety of computers, there is the sissy way, namely vesa, to avoid the error-prone attempt to simultaneously optimize for may different systems.
Tom
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