From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 22 16:34:33 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49BFE16A46C for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 16:34:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from flz@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp6-g19.free.fr (smtp6-g19.free.fr [212.27.42.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C10013C46E for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 16:34:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from flz@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp.xbsd.org (unknown [82.233.2.192]) by smtp6-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2BD2AF24E; Tue, 22 May 2007 18:34:31 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost.xbsd.org [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.xbsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6EE8129F7; Tue, 22 May 2007 18:34:30 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at xbsd.org Received: from smtp.xbsd.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (srv1.xbsd.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id pDSYXlkVgbVD; Tue, 22 May 2007 18:34:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [193.95.134.156] (mayday.esat.net [193.95.134.156]) by smtp.xbsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71E63129E5; Tue, 22 May 2007 18:34:24 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <46531BCA.80804@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 17:35:22 +0100 From: Florent Thoumie User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070122) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jona Joachim References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig550C39400304D80E68F01A0D" Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: use OPTIONS in x11-drivers/xorg-drivers X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 16:34:33 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig550C39400304D80E68F01A0D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jona Joachim wrote: > Hi! > I just wanted to ask why the x11-drivers/xorg-drivers port installs all= =20 > those drivers unconditionally. > Wouldn't it be sensible to use the OPTIONS framework to let the user=20 > choose what he wants and needs? > To make the choice easier for the user you could enable drivers that he= =20 > most likely needs by default. > To find out what graphics driver he needs you could consult pciconf(8).= This will be done within the next few weeks. --=20 Florent Thoumie flz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD Committer --------------enig550C39400304D80E68F01A0D Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGUxvPMxEkbVFH3PQRCjnGAJ4pTojAPLNSb093uZX/DSBfiXA+vgCfSscT ogXYy+mHQ6KlglpYP/4BuE0= =Kvjt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig550C39400304D80E68F01A0D--