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Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:57:28 GMT (envelope-from git) Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:57:28 GMT Message-Id: <202507311557.56VFvScL026502@gitrepo.freebsd.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org From: Fernando =?utf-8?Q?Apestegu=C3=ADa?= Subject: git: afd63daac3 - main - [hb][ports]: Briefly mention kmods repositories List-Id: Commit messages for all branches of the doc repository List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/dev-commits-doc-all List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: dev-commits-doc-all@freebsd.org Sender: owner-dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Git-Committer: fernape X-Git-Repository: doc X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/main X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: afd63daac31c57cdb117a95afa252a52a7658155 Auto-Submitted: auto-generated The branch main has been updated by fernape: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=afd63daac31c57cdb117a95afa252a52a7658155 commit afd63daac31c57cdb117a95afa252a52a7658155 Author: Fernando Apesteguía AuthorDate: 2025-05-20 15:47:05 +0000 Commit: Fernando Apesteguía CommitDate: 2025-07-31 15:56:27 +0000 [hb][ports]: Briefly mention kmods repositories Reviewed by: bcr@ Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D51614 --- .../content/en/books/handbook/ports/_index.adoc | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/ports/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/ports/_index.adoc index ac4cf4ce70..fe7001ab82 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/ports/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/ports/_index.adoc @@ -211,6 +211,52 @@ Then run this command to update the local package repositories catalogues for th # pkg update -f .... +[[kmod-repository]] +=== Kernel modules repositories + +The kernel module repositories allow users to install ready to use kernel +modules like the ones used for graphic drivers and specific hardware. +Starting with FreeBSD 14.3, the FreeBSD Project provides kernel modules built +for every supported version. To create such a repository configuration if it +does not exist, add the following to [.filename]#/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/kmods.conf#: +[source,shell] +.... +FreeBSD-kmods: { + url: "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/KMODSFLAVOR", + mirror_type: "srv", + signature_type: "fingerprints", + fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg", + enabled: yes +} +.... + +`KMODSFLAVOR` respects the following pattern: `kmods_PORTBRANCH_MINORRELEASE`. + +For instance: + +.Kmodsflavor + +[options="header", cols="1,1,1"] +|=== +| FreeBSD Release | ports main | ports quarterly + +| FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE +| kmods_latest_2 +| kmods_quarterly_2 + +| FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE +| kmods_latest_3 +| kmods_quarterly_3 + +| FreeBSD 14.3-STABLE +| kmods_latest +| kmods_quarterly + +| FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT +| kmods_latest +| +|=== + [[pkg-configuration]] === Configure pkg