Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Overhaul of media-gfx/nvidia

[Martin Schlemmer]

On Mon, 2002-02-04 at 07:10, Arcady Genkin wrote:
> I didn't like the way 'nvidia' portage was done, and I ended up
> re-doing it.  In fact, I split it in two portages: nvidia-kernel and
> nvidia-glx.  Since I think that this can cause some controversy, I'd
> like to discuss it in the mailing list.  The ebuilds are available
> from:
>               http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=517
>
> My version is better than the current one because:
>
> 1. It's split into two portages.  (a) the current
> version of the kernel driver is 1.0.2314, while the current version of
> the glx library is 1.0.2313.  With the current `nvidia' portage it's
> unclear which one determines the version of the portage itself.  (b) if one
> compiles a new version of Linux kernel, he only needs to update
> nvidia-kernel, and leave nvidia-glx untouched.
>
> 2. NVIDIA's own makefile overwrites some of the native files that
> come with XFree.  It upsets me when a package messes with the other
> package's files, because if I were to update the world, the order of
> update would determine the state of the system, etc.  I decided to put
> the contents of nvidia-glx into /opt/NVIDIA to make sure that they don't
> mess with anything else.
>
> 3. nvidia-kernel now creates necessary device nodes.
>

Using devfs, I never had a problem with device nodes.

> 4. nvidia-kernel now installs aliases.
>
> The small downside of the new layout is that the user needs to add a
> modules path to the Files section in XF86Config.
>

Gentoo linux always did have the nodes. Have a look at:

  /etc/modules.d/aliases


Otherwise I dont have comments/objections.  Personally I do
not mind it the way it was, as the old libGL* was backed up,
and could be restored (and you should move/delete then
anyhow).

Just my 2 sents.


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Martin Schlemmer
Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Developer
Cape Town, South Africa