Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 12:32:37 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Chris Gilbert <Chris@lainos.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATI on FreeBSD! FireGL Linux Driver Port Message-ID: <20051227123237.6e5542cd@Magellan.Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <200512270449.41709.Chris@lainos.org> References: <200512270449.41709.Chris@lainos.org>
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On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 04:49:41 +0100
Chris Gilbert <Chris@lainos.org> wrote:
> The driver as it stands does the following:
I haven't looked at the port version of this, but I haven't seen any
changes described regarding those entries in the announcement.
> * Installs the applicable linux libraries, and ATI programs to your
> linux_base.
Depending on what those programs do, this is wrong.
Generally:
- libs have to go to LINUXBASE if they are "infrastructure" (usable by
other ports)
- programs have to go to X11BASE or LOCALBASE if they are enduser
programs instead of "infrastructure"
Some examples:
- generic libs which are used by linux programs belong into LINUXBASE
- the tools which come with e.g. libjpeg are installed into LINUXBASE
(everyone would use the FreeBSD native ones and the linux ones
belong into the "infrastructure" category)
- the linux version of firefox or the Intel C/C++ compiler , will be
started by the user of the system, so it belongs into X11BASE or
LOCALBASE
So I think the ATI libs belong into LINUXBASE and the ATI programs an
user would use belongs into X11BASE (or maybe LOCALBASE, depending what
they do).
> * Installs the X11 drivers and libraries. (Linux builds, but work fine under
> FreeBSD)
As long as the drivers are self-contained (no references to glibc parts
or other linux specific libs), this is behavior as designed.
It's great to see someone working on this.
Bye,
Alexander (another ATI cards user).
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