Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:11:48 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn <gljennjohn@gmail.com> To: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem building x11/nvidia-driver; ref. n245494-6827435548d2 Message-ID: <20210317131148.07f02896@ernst.home> In-Reply-To: <YFH3CpyTEcacJS3S@albert.catwhisker.org> References: <YFHxUhTAQZystyYn@albert.catwhisker.org> <20210317121837.707dc95a@ernst.home> <YFH3CpyTEcacJS3S@albert.catwhisker.org>
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On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 05:33:14 -0700 David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 01:18:37PM +0100, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > > On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 05:08:50 -0700 > > David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> wrote: > > ... > > > Indeed, it appears that the n245494-6827435548d2 change was intended to > > > fix the issue that I am now just seeing. > > > ... > > > So... help? What do I need to do to be able to build the kernel now? > > > > > > (E.g., if I need to just skip building x11/nvidia-driver once, get > > > everything installed, then build "normally" (with x11/nvidia-driver) > > > -- that's fine; I just need a clue.) > > > > > > > For me trying to build nvidia-driver along with the kernel always fails > > miserably. > > Huh. That has not been my experience: I have > > PORTS_MODULES+=x11/nvidia-driver > > in /etc/src.conf, and it almost always Just Works. (I'm tracking head, > stable/12, and (now) stable/13 daily, so that's quite a number of > build/installs.) > Well, I have obj under my home directory and do all my builds as a normal user rather than as root. I suspect that's why it always fails for me. Root owns /usr/src and /usr/ports. But I don't rebuild the driver until the kldload fails at boot time. I'd guess that > 90% of kernel changes do not impact the driver's functionality. -- Gary Jennejohn
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