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> FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD=2Eorg> Web: http://www=2EFreeBSD=2Eorg The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few=2E
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