Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 16:27:52 +1030 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patches for ports to install KLD source Message-ID: <200601061627.53743.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200510141444.21457.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <200510132028.32070.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20051013.213621.35849592.imp@bsdimp.com> <200510141444.21457.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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--nextPart1229756.77kpKj5cRa Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:44, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:06, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > : For the nvidia port - I've only tried it on -current so I don't know = if > > : it will work OK with the other versions it installs on different > > : systems/configurations. > > > > How is this different than setting PORTS_MODULES in your kernel config > > file? > > PORTS_MODULES will upgrade your port if your ports tree is updated, this > can be a nasty suprise. nvidia-driver 6113 used to be the latest version = of > the port that would work on my laptop and an automatic upgrade would have > been very frustrating - ie I think it's a POLA violation. > > It makes building your kernel slower - it installs everything related to > the port instead of just rebuilding the KLD. For most people this probably > isn't a big issue but it's a drag when you are testing new kernels. > > It also seems a bit less of a "big hammer" approach to the problem :) So.. Any chance you think it's worth committing? :) =2D-=20 Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C --nextPart1229756.77kpKj5cRa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDvgbh5ZPcIHs/zowRAkzaAJ95mQSRzF/X+vxJxY8p8UYjow29nACdG4UU q05lp7wzsz03cBLPYYJjYGo= =eTer -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1229756.77kpKj5cRa--
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