Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 18:20:28 +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: <4653265C.8030902@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <f2v6ie$vfl$2@sea.gmane.org> References: <f2v3qg$vfl$1@sea.gmane.org> <46531BCA.80804@FreeBSD.org> <f2v6ie$vfl$2@sea.gmane.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Jona Joachim wrote: > On Tue, 22 May 2007 17:35:22 +0100, Florent Thoumie wrote: > >> 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. > > Great! > Would it be possible to include an option to depend on x11/nvidia-driver? Probably not, as it's not part of xorg-drivers. -- Florent Thoumie flz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD Committer [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGUyZcMxEkbVFH3PQRCuj6AJ0QNNDwnzyxkwEgt3eem6yqT7EO8ACeNWJv VvYnCKVNO2EDW7dH7Koxzag= =lu86 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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