From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 4 15:18:29 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@FreeBSD.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 1033) id EA7C31065670; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 15:18:29 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 15:18:29 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev To: Emanuel Haupt Message-ID: <20091204151829.GA31164@FreeBSD.org> References: <20091204154724.4ce9a0cb.ehaupt@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091204154724.4ce9a0cb.ehaupt@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: nvidia-driver 64bit version X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:18:30 -0000 On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 03:47:24PM +0100, Emanuel Haupt wrote: > Hi > > I was wondering if you're working on a port for the 64bit version of > the new beta state nvidia driver [1]. Yup, thanks for the pointer. I'm considering options right now. > > Since it's a completely different version it should IMO be separate from > x11/nvidia-driver. Maybe x11/nvidia-driver-amd64 and x11/nvidia-driver > could be renamed to x11/nvidia-driver-i386. This would be the easiest route, but I'm not sure this is the best thing to do. From user's perspective, one should be able to "cd category/port" and "make install". The rest (including taking care of architecture-dependent things) should be handled by underlying infrastructure. Right now I believe our bpm is capable of the task, and my pmake/bpm-fu is strong enough, we'll see. ./danfe