Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 20:50:27 +0930 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@linux.gr> Cc: David Gurvich <david.freebsd@verizon.net> Subject: Re: Using nvidia-driver with 6-x/CURRENT Message-ID: <200505092050.34347.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20050509100306.GB93542@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <200505081828.08055.david.freebsd@verizon.net> <200505091006.48132.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20050509100306.GB93542@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, 9 May 2005 19:33, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2005-05-09 10:06, Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> wrote: > > Also, if we're talking about the port can it modify the makefile so > > the KLD installs into /boot/kernel? Going into /boot/modules is a > > recipe for user frustration :( > > I understand that arguments for or against of either choise exist. > > For instance, by installing in /boot/modules one easily avoids the > problem of having to manually copy some files or reinstall the port from > scratch after *every* installkernel. Sure, but the downside for putting it in /boot/kernel is that you don't get X the next boot. The downside for /boot/modules is that your system crashes when X starts, or earlier :) I think it would be possible to have ports install source code when they are installed to rebuild the module when the kernel is built. I have some prototype code for this but it doesn't always work and I don't have the knowledge of the kernel make environment to get it working 100% :( What I have so far is here.. http://www.dons.net.au/~darius/port-kld.diff http://www.dons.net.au/~darius/port-makefile.txt -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCf0eC5ZPcIHs/zowRAghfAKCYzFhjpEZ9bgbhIeq8zzbBoYhgTwCglpXo a6gbqDv0atbiogLN4pPXrPI= =kr9y -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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