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Date:      Tue, 22 May 2007 17:35:22 +0100
From:      Florent Thoumie <flz@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Jona Joachim <jaj@hcl-club.lu>
Cc:        freebsd-x11@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: use OPTIONS in x11-drivers/xorg-drivers
Message-ID:  <46531BCA.80804@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <f2v3qg$vfl$1@sea.gmane.org>
References:  <f2v3qg$vfl$1@sea.gmane.org>

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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.

-- 
Florent Thoumie
flz@FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD Committer


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