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On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 11:14 +0200, Luca Casagrande wrote: |
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> Hi to all! |
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> We all know that build nvidia or ati driver and then use it with our livecd is |
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> breaking the law.. |
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> My problem is that the livecd make use of 3d apps (Blender,Paraview,ecc..), so |
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> I am thinking about a solution: |
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> What about an init script runned before x-setup, that ask if you wanna use |
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> those driver? |
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Well, this was already discussed on gentoo-dev mailing list some time |
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ago, so it isn't a new idea. (Don't you think we would have already |
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thought of this by now?) |
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> If yes, it will emerge nvidia or ati driver; if not it will pass by... |
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The only issue with it is disk space. You will need an additional 100+ |
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Megabytes of disk space to keep around your configured kernel sources. |
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That is, unless someone takes the time to trace every single file in the |
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kernel tree that gets touched by the drivers when building, and grabs |
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just those files. Doing this would dramatically reduce the disk usage, |
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but would dramatically increase the amount of work required to get a CD |
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to build. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead |
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x86 Architecture Team |
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