From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 22 17:11:26 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 729E716A421 for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 17:11:26 +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 0D3A713C468 for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 17:11:25 +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 25304AED94; Tue, 22 May 2007 19:11:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost.xbsd.org [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.xbsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B3FB12B5F; Tue, 22 May 2007 19:11:24 +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 HSsc6RewZtOE; Tue, 22 May 2007 19:11:18 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [193.120.13.130] (cream.xbsd.org [193.120.13.130]) by smtp.xbsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD6C612B5E; Tue, 22 May 2007 19:11:17 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <46532426.60101@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 18:11:02 +0100 From: Florent Thoumie User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070122) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dejan Lesjak References: <46531BCA.80804@FreeBSD.org> <200705221854.30844.dejan.lesjak@ijs.si> In-Reply-To: <200705221854.30844.dejan.lesjak@ijs.si> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigFA3DBDF9159269CBC6DEC981" Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, Jona Joachim 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 17:11:26 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigFA3DBDF9159269CBC6DEC981 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 a= ll >>> 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. >=20 > I'm wondering though if using OPTIONS here will look a bit overwhelming= as if=20 > one knows what to select there will only be a couple of drivers selecte= d=20 > (mostly 3) amongst 59 currently available options. Perhaps using a vari= able=20 > like "WITH_X_DRIVERS=3Dkeyboard mouse vga" in make.conf might be more=20 > appropriate for this particular case? Was thinking of both at the same time, with higher priority for WITH_XORG_DRIVERS. --=20 Florent Thoumie flz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD Committer --------------enigFA3DBDF9159269CBC6DEC981 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 iD8DBQFGUyQrMxEkbVFH3PQRCqgHAJ49eofwergBq9i6a0M3mE47rifg8ACeKVh/ 8Ta3usxzGBNui6vfcGELr48= =IdBj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigFA3DBDF9159269CBC6DEC981--