Switching branches of freebsd-base-graphics with git

Hans Petter Selasky hps at selasky.org
Sat Apr 22 09:10:12 UTC 2017


On 04/22/17 10:45, Thomas Mueller wrote:
>> Hi Eric,
>
>> drm-next is close to becoming a port for -current.
>
>> You still need to build drm-next for it to work.
>
>> -HPS
>
> Does this mean using drm-next branch of freebsd-base-graphics src tree instead of regular src tree?

Yes, this is correct.

>
> Or is drm-next a port, in the ports tree?

No, not yet.

>
> In that case, which version of ports tree should be used, regular or freebsd-ports-graphics?
>
> I notice the GENERIC kernel config files have no line showing the date, making it difficult to keep up my custom kernel config and GENERIB.
>
> GENERIB differs from GENERIC by removing drivers for outdated hardware unlikely to be found, such as SCSI cards and ISA Ethernet, but with added support for some wireless, expecially rsu, not present in GENERIC.
>

OK.

--HPS



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