nvidia-driver 64bit version

[Alexey Dokuchaev]

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