Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 18:11:02 +0100 From: Florent Thoumie <flz@FreeBSD.org> To: Dejan Lesjak <dejan.lesjak@ijs.si> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, Jona Joachim <jaj@hcl-club.lu> Subject: Re: use OPTIONS in x11-drivers/xorg-drivers Message-ID: <46532426.60101@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200705221854.30844.dejan.lesjak@ijs.si> References: <f2v3qg$vfl$1@sea.gmane.org> <46531BCA.80804@FreeBSD.org> <200705221854.30844.dejan.lesjak@ijs.si>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Dejan Lesjak wrote: > 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? Was thinking of both at the same time, with higher priority for WITH_XORG_DRIVERS. -- Florent Thoumie flz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD Committer [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGUyQrMxEkbVFH3PQRCqgHAJ49eofwergBq9i6a0M3mE47rifg8ACeKVh/ 8Ta3usxzGBNui6vfcGELr48= =IdBj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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