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Date:      Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:40:24 -0700
From:      Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org>,x11@freebsd.org,current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HEADSUP: drm-current-kmod now installs sources
Message-ID:  <5B38128E-4CC9-496B-A9FD-B4208B7C044D@cschubert.com>
In-Reply-To: <201908162151.x7GLpMqf032597@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
References:  <201908162151.x7GLpMqf032597@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>

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On August 16, 2019 2:51:22 PM PDT, "Rodney W=2E Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh=
=2Ednsmgr=2Enet> wrote:
>> On 8/14/19 3:40 PM, Daniel Eischen wrote:
>> > I've lost the original thread, but would the sources in
>/usr/local/sys/modules get built regardless of what MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX
>is?  And, now that sources may be installed by a port, what is the
>method for _just_ updating the sources?  Why do I even need to build
>and install the port?  Personally, I would just rather have the
>drm-kmod sources just imported into base and maintained there=2E  If I
>have 2 or more different checked out base src trees, how do I get the
>correct drm-kmod to go with them if there is only one
>/usr/local/sys/modules?  Do I need multiple port trees just to pull in
>out of tree module sources?
>>=20
>> In some ways, installing sources for DRM is a compromise for the fact
>that we
>> can't have DRM in the base source anymore (for various reasons)=2E=20
>However,
>> virtualbox is also probably in that camp as well=2E
>
>I applaud this effort to provide a source compile mode for DRM,
>but I think it has come up a bit short on execution with numorious
>problems sited=2E
>
>I too am not real happy that /usr/local/src is going to get
>automatically invoked from my some odd 10+ src trees that
>are of various WIP's=2E  I need a way to easily disable this
>both on a global scale, and on a per src tree way=2E
>
>Rather than a default to on with an opt out mechanism perhaps
>while we gain experience change this to a default to off with
>an opt in mechanism?
>
>Sadly I do not have proposed solution, but something better
>than what is there now needs to be found=2E
>
>Regards,

Could we have a =2Esrc=2Econf in the root of the tree to configure this on=
 a tree by tree basis?


--=20
Pardon the typos and autocorrect, small keyboard in use=2E
Cheers,
Cy Schubert <Cy=2ESchubert@cschubert=2Ecom>
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	The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few=2E



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