From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from tartarus.telenet-ops.be (tartarus.telenet-ops.be [195.130.132.34]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78F962015D71 for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 10:06:27 -0600 (CST) Received: from scorpion (D5E00947.kabel.telenet.be [213.224.9.71]) by tartarus.telenet-ops.be (Postfix) with SMTP id 8C693218412 for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 17:05:31 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <001701c1ad95$97c2c160$de00a8c0@scorpion> From: "Bart Verwilst" To: References: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Overhaul of media-gfx/nvidia Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 17:04:14 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 3f693400-cb09-4de8-bc48-5c4c124274ec X-Archives-Hash: 2c5fe390097345c7aa8f7391395f8a99 I like the simple straightforward way we have now actually... one line and we're set... I don't want to install multiple packages, + clutter my system with extra /opt/xxx dirs, and manually add a line in my XF86Config.. :( And when you rebuild your kernel, remerging media-gfx only takes seconds, so why split it into 2 files to drop a few secs of compile time?.... Just my ? 0.02 -- Bart Verwilst Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Gent, Belgium ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arcady Genkin" To: Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 6:10 AM Subject: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Overhaul of media-gfx/nvidia > 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. > > 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. > > Comments? > -- > Arcady Genkin > Don't read everything you believe. > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev >