Re: HEADSUP: drm-current-kmod now installs sources

On Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:40:24 -0700
Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert_at_cschubert.com> wrote:

> On August 16, 2019 2:51:22 PM PDT, "Rodney W. Grimes"
> <freebsd-rwg_at_gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> 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.  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?  
> >> 
> >> 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).   
> >However,  
> >> virtualbox is also probably in that camp as well.  
> >
> >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.
> >
> >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.  I need a way to easily disable this
> >both on a global scale, and on a per src tree way.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >Regards,  
> 
> Could we have a .src.conf in the root of the tree to configure this
> on a tree by tree basis?
> 
> 


I use better way:
/etc/make.conf:
# Modules to build with kernel.
PORTS_MODULES+= graphics/drm-fbsd12.0-kmod graphics/gpu-firmware-kmod

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=237290