From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 6 05:58:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4BFA16A422 for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2006 05:58:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (cain.gsoft.com.au [203.31.81.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B5A843D55 for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2006 05:58:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from inchoate.gsoft.com.au (inchoate.gsoft.com.au [203.31.81.21]) (authenticated bits=0) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.13.5/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k065vtGg037738 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 6 Jan 2006 16:28:00 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) From: "Daniel O'Connor" To: "M. Warner Losh" Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 16:27:52 +1030 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.3 References: <200510132028.32070.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20051013.213621.35849592.imp@bsdimp.com> <200510141444.21457.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200510141444.21457.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1229756.77kpKj5cRa"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200601061627.53743.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> X-Spam-Score: -1.36 () ALL_TRUSTED X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.54 on 203.31.81.10 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patches for ports to install KLD source X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 05:58:35 -0000 --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--