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Hi, |
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Greg KH wrote: |
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>># Internal aliases, do not edit |
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>>alias char-major-195 nvidia |
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>>alias /dev/nvidiactl char-major-195 |
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> Why do you need these? Aren't they automatically generated by depmod if |
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> you put the correct code in the kernel module source code (see the |
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> MODULE_ALIAS() stuff.) |
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Was not aware of that - will investigate. |
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>># Configurable module parameters |
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>># For more details, see /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-1.0.6629/README.gz |
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>># |
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>># silence_nvidia_output - Silence output: 0 (default, verbose) or 1 |
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>>(silent) |
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>># NVreg_EnableVia4x - Enable AGP4x on VIA chipsets (default disabled) |
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>># NVreg_EnableALiAGP - Enable AGP on ALi1541/1647 chipsets (default |
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>>disabled) |
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>># NVreg_NvAGP - Select which AGPGART is used if unspecified by X - 0 |
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>>(disable), 1 (use nvidia), 2 (use kernel), 3 (try 2 then 1, default) |
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>># NVreg_EnableAGPSBA - Enable AGP Side Band Addressing |
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>># NVreg_EnableAGPFW - Enable AGP Fast Writes (default disabled) |
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>># NVreg_SoftEDIDs - Enable dynamic generation of EDID info (default |
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>>enabled) |
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>># NVreg_Mobile - Select Mobile registry key when SoftEDIDs is disabled - 0 |
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>>(auto, default), 1 (Dell), 2 (Toshiba), 3 (other), 4 (Compal/Toshiba), 5 |
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>>(Gateway) |
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> modinfo also generates this automaticallly, with full strings, right? |
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> Hm, your patch has that. |
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Yep thats how they are generated. Except nvidia were too lazy to include param |
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descriptions, so I had to write some myself in that other patch. |
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> I guess I don't see the need for why we have these modules.d files. |
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> Anyone want to hit me with the cluestick for being not awake yet today? |
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To provide default options when loading or autoloading modules. For example, I |
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have the example in that file uncommented, and when I boot up, nvidia module |
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gets autoloaded with those options I have specified. To be more specific, all |
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of the /etc/modules.d/ files get aggregated into /etc/modules.conf when |
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"modules-update" is run (every bootup). |
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Bear in mind that I am simply automating/generalising a process that is |
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already in place. Currently, |
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/usr/portage/media-video/nvidia-kernel/files/1.0.6629/nvidia is copied into |
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/etc/modules.d but I am trying to generate a mechanism to automatically |
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generate this and generalise it so that other module ebuilds can use it too. |
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Daniel |
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