From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 9 11:20:52 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F85B16A4E7 for ; Mon, 9 May 2005 11:20:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (cain.gsoft.com.au [203.31.81.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0FD243D99 for ; Mon, 9 May 2005 11:20:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from inchoate.gsoft.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j49BKh5Q047621; Mon, 9 May 2005 20:50:45 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) From: "Daniel O'Connor" To: Giorgos Keramidas Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 20:50:27 +0930 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <200505081828.08055.david.freebsd@verizon.net> <200505091006.48132.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20050509100306.GB93542@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> In-Reply-To: <20050509100306.GB93542@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart5142182.0ijg4dqSjd"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200505092050.34347.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> X-Spam-Score: -2.2 () IN_REP_TO,MIME_LONG_LINE_QP,PGP_SIGNATURE_2,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_02_03,USER_AGENT X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.16 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) cc: Leonidas Tsampros cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org cc: David Gurvich Subject: Re: Using nvidia-driver with 6-x/CURRENT X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 11:20:52 -0000 --nextPart5142182.0ijg4dqSjd Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, 9 May 2005 19:33, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2005-05-09 10:06, Daniel O'Connor 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=20 the next boot. The downside for /boot/modules is that your system crashes=20 when X starts, or earlier :) I think it would be possible to have ports install source code when they ar= e=20 installed to rebuild the module when the kernel is built. I have some=20 prototype code for this but it doesn't always work and I don't have the=20 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 =2D-=20 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 --nextPart5142182.0ijg4dqSjd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCf0eC5ZPcIHs/zowRAghfAKCYzFhjpEZ9bgbhIeq8zzbBoYhgTwCglpXo a6gbqDv0atbiogLN4pPXrPI= =kr9y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart5142182.0ijg4dqSjd--