Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 18:54:30 +0200 From: Dejan Lesjak <dejan.lesjak@ijs.si> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Cc: Jona Joachim <jaj@hcl-club.lu>, Florent Thoumie <flz@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: use OPTIONS in x11-drivers/xorg-drivers Message-ID: <200705221854.30844.dejan.lesjak@ijs.si> In-Reply-To: <46531BCA.80804@FreeBSD.org> References: <f2v3qg$vfl$1@sea.gmane.org> <46531BCA.80804@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tuesday 22 May 2007 18:35:22 Florent Thoumie wrote: > Jona Joachim wrote: > > Hi! > > I just wanted to ask why the x11-drivers/xorg-drivers port installs all > > those drivers unconditionally. > > Wouldn't it be sensible to use the OPTIONS framework to let the user > > choose what he wants and needs? > > To make the choice easier for the user you could enable drivers that he > > 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. I'm wondering though if using OPTIONS here will look a bit overwhelming as if one knows what to select there will only be a couple of drivers selected (mostly 3) amongst 59 currently available options. Perhaps using a variable like "WITH_X_DRIVERS=keyboard mouse vga" in make.conf might be more appropriate for this particular case? Dejan
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