HEADSUP: drm-current-kmod now installs sources

[Rodney W. Grimes]

> 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:

That file is global to all src trees,
so that does not achive the desired effect.

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

I do like the patch that makes these go into the obj dir, good stuff!


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Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes at freebsd.org