On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:06, M. Warner Losh wrote: > : For the nvidia port - I've only tried it on -current so I don't know if > : it will work OK with the other versions it installs on different > : systems/configurations. > > How is this different than setting PORTS_MODULES in your kernel config > file? PORTS_MODULES will upgrade your port if your ports tree is updated, this can be a nasty suprise. nvidia-driver 6113 used to be the latest version of the port that would work on my laptop and an automatic upgrade would have been very frustrating - ie I think it's a POLA violation. It makes building your kernel slower - it installs everything related to the port instead of just rebuilding the KLD. For most people this probably isn't a big issue but it's a drag when you are testing new kernels. It also seems a bit less of a "big hammer" approach to the problem :) -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C
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