Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "Canek Peláez Valdés" <caneko@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev; version 6
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:25:05
Message-Id: CADPrc81pWGZKxZgij54m1Dn1ThAbrU_06W2HLJiWuRMgurtK5Q@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev; version 6 by Walter Dnes
1 On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
2 > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 04:09:33PM -0600, Canek Pel??ez Vald??s wrote
3 >
4 >> You could use an use-expand variable, like INPUT_DEVICES or
5 >> VIDEO_CARDS for xorg-drivers, or DRACUT_MODULES for dracut. It sounds
6 >> like the smart thing to do.
7 >
8 >  The VIDEO_CARDS variable might be "RADEON", but there are many
9 > different levels of Radeon GPU cards, each requiring its own specific
10 > binary blob.
11
12 I meant coming up with a new use-expand variable, like RADEON_FIRMWARE
13 or something like that.
14
15 Regards.
16 --
17 Canek Peláez Valdés
18 Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación
19 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México