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

On Fri, 16 Aug 2019 16:32:18 -0700 (PDT)
"Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg_at_gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> 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.
> > > >
> > > 
> > > 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:  
> 
> That file is global to all src trees,
> so that does not achive the desired effect.

You can override this using
env __MAKE_CONF=PATH_TO_MAKE.CONF SRCCONF=PATH_TO_SRC.CONF


> > # Modules to build with kernel.
> > PORTS_MODULES+= graphics/drm-fbsd12.0-kmod
> > graphics/gpu-firmware-kmod  
> 
> Can we some how trigger that from either a kernel conf file,
> or at least on a per src tree basis?  Ala cy's .src.conf?

I dont know, never use it.