On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 04:32:11PM +0100, Emanuel Haupt wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 03:47:24PM +0100, Emanuel Haupt wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > I was wondering if you're working on a port for the 64bit version of > > > the new beta state nvidia driver [1]. > > > > Yup, thanks for the pointer. I'm considering options right now. > > > > > > > > Since it's a completely different version it should IMO be separate > > > from x11/nvidia-driver. Maybe x11/nvidia-driver-amd64 and > > > x11/nvidia-driver could be renamed to x11/nvidia-driver-i386. > > > > This would be the easiest route, but I'm not sure this is the best > > thing to do. From user's perspective, one should be able to "cd > > category/port" and "make install". The rest (including taking care of > > architecture-dependent things) should be handled by underlying > > infrastructure. Right now I believe our bpm is capable of the task, > > and my pmake/bpm-fu is strong enough, we'll see. > > Right, you can put shared make functionality in a separate file and > include it by both ports. Personally I'd prefer two separate ports > rather than OPTIONS because the two drivers don't provide the same > functionality (ie missing TRIM support) and have different versions.
In any case, I'll post a diff here for review before I make any commits WRT amd64 support in nvidia-driver. ./danfe _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
