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I like the simple straightforward way we have now actually... one line and |
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we're set... |
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I don't want to install multiple packages, + clutter my |
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system with extra /opt/xxx dirs, and manually add a line in my XF86Config.. |
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:( |
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And when you rebuild your kernel, remerging media-gfx only takes seconds, so |
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why split it into 2 files to drop a few secs of compile time?.... |
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Just my ? 0.02 |
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Bart Verwilst |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team |
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Gent, Belgium |
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----- Original Message ----- |
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From: "Arcady Genkin" <agenkin-dated-1014007181.4e6186@××××××.com> |
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To: <gentoo-dev@g.o> |
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Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 6:10 AM |
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Subject: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Overhaul of media-gfx/nvidia |
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> I didn't like the way 'nvidia' portage was done, and I ended up |
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> re-doing it. In fact, I split it in two portages: nvidia-kernel and |
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> nvidia-glx. Since I think that this can cause some controversy, I'd |
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> like to discuss it in the mailing list. The ebuilds are available |
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> from: |
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> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=517 |
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> |
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> My version is better than the current one because: |
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> 1. It's split into two portages. (a) the current |
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> version of the kernel driver is 1.0.2314, while the current version of |
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> the glx library is 1.0.2313. With the current `nvidia' portage it's |
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> unclear which one determines the version of the portage itself. (b) if |
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one |
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> compiles a new version of Linux kernel, he only needs to update |
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> nvidia-kernel, and leave nvidia-glx untouched. |
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> |
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> 2. NVIDIA's own makefile overwrites some of the native files that |
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> come with XFree. It upsets me when a package messes with the other |
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> package's files, because if I were to update the world, the order of |
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> update would determine the state of the system, etc. I decided to put |
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> the contents of nvidia-glx into /opt/NVIDIA to make sure that they don't |
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> mess with anything else. |
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> |
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> 3. nvidia-kernel now creates necessary device nodes. |
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> 4. nvidia-kernel now installs aliases. |
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> The small downside of the new layout is that the user needs to add a |
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> modules path to the Files section in XF86Config. |
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> Comments? |
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> -- |
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> Arcady Genkin |
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> Don't read everything you believe. |
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> _______________________________________________ |
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> gentoo-dev mailing list |
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> gentoo-dev@g.o |
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> http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev |
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