From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1S7yIN-0006VE-P1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:11:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ED871E0B24; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:11:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36617E066B for ; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:10:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vx0-f181.google.com ([209.85.220.181]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S7yHE-001sMM-VX for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:10:45 +0700 Received: by vcge1 with SMTP id e1so3040303vcg.40 for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:10:41 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.240.171 with SMTP id wb11mr545079vdc.106.1331770241455; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:10:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.58.200 with HTTP; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:10:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.58.200 with HTTP; Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:10:41 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120314235926.GA32691@waltdnes.org> References: <20111115062115.GA3262@waltdnes.org> <20111121104724.GC7461@waltdnes.org> <20111201194544.GD4455@waltdnes.org> <20120217234045.GA25390@waltdnes.org> <20120311090912.GA23850@waltdnes.org> <20120311213448.GB25554@waltdnes.org> <20120313204535.GB2430@waltdnes.org> <28075bf582f03525b692aa5b7df33387.squirrel@www.antarean.org> <20120314214310.GC32344@waltdnes.org> <20120314235926.GA32691@waltdnes.org> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:10:41 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Beta test Gentoo with mdev instead of udev; version 6 From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf307ca3dc2a15e904bb3cec4d X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: 6dc4f3d6-322b-4fb2-a964-a6c5186ea2b4 X-Archives-Hash: ac4a69c48268215f04ba33106c03e940 --20cf307ca3dc2a15e904bb3cec4d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Mar 15, 2012 7:04 AM, "Walter Dnes" wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 04:09:33PM -0600, Canek Pel??ez Vald??s wrote > > > You could use an use-expand variable, like INPUT_DEVICES or > > VIDEO_CARDS for xorg-drivers, or DRACUT_MODULES for dracut. It sounds > > like the smart thing to do. > > The VIDEO_CARDS variable might be "RADEON", but there are many > different levels of Radeon GPU cards, each requiring its own specific > binary blob. > So, detail it down... e.g. RADEON-HD-4650, RADEON-HD-6530, etc. Kind of like the xtables-addons package. Rgds, --20cf307ca3dc2a15e904bb3cec4d Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Mar 15, 2012 7:04 AM, "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> wrote:
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> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 04:09:33PM -0600, Canek Pel??ez Vald??s wrote<= br> >
> > You could use an use-expand variable, like INPUT_DEVICES or
> > VIDEO_CARDS for xorg-drivers, or DRACUT_MODULES for dracut. It so= unds
> > like the smart thing to do.
>
> =C2=A0The VIDEO_CARDS variable might be "RADEON", but there = are many
> different levels of Radeon GPU cards, each requiring its own specific<= br> > binary blob.
>

So, detail it down... e.g. RADEON-HD-4650, RADEON-HD-6530, etc. Kind of = like the xtables-addons package.

Rgds,

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