Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: mesa.eselect
On Sun, 31 Oct 2010, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn wrote: Attached you will find the eselect module which we used in the X11 overlay, and the configuration file from mesa. Is there a specific reason why the list action doesn't output a numbered list? Also the set action should accept a number argument. Ulrich
Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: mesa.eselect
El dom, 31-10-2010 a las 23:30 +0100, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn escribió: Hi, media-libs/mesa-7.9 has been sitting in the X11 overlay for some time and the X11 team are planning to move it to portage soon. The new release brings a number of improvements, including much better Gallium3D support. One feature that we would like to add to Mesa in Gentoo is the ability to switch between classic and gallium drivers via an eselect module. Attached you will find the eselect module which we used in the X11 overlay, and the configuration file from mesa. There are still some things on the TODO list but I consider them not blockers for addition to the tree. As this is the first eselect module I have written, I would welcome your comments and pointers. TODO: * Add support for switching emul-linux-x86-opengl on amd64 multilib * Accept numbers as do_set() arguments * Make the code a bit more compact Untested: * Prefix support Best regards, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn Is there any kind of information (doc page, news item...) planned for explaining when it's better to switch to gallium3d and when not? For example, one of the systems I administrate has a r300 device, but I haven't followed at all gallium progress and, I guess, you cannot asume most of the people know about all this. Then, I think that, for example, a news item would be useful to know what drivers should we use. Thanks a lot signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: mesa.eselect
Best regards, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn Is there any kind of information (doc page, news item...) planned for explaining when it's better to switch to gallium3d and when not? For example, one of the systems I administrate has a r300 device, but I haven't followed at all gallium progress and, I guess, you cannot asume most of the people know about all this. Then, I think that, for example, a news item would be useful to know what drivers should we use. Thanks a lot r300g is in good state, fully supported:)
Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: mesa.eselect
Pacho Ramos schrieb: Is there any kind of information (doc page, news item...) planned for explaining when it's better to switch to gallium3d and when not? For example, one of the systems I administrate has a r300 device, but I haven't followed at all gallium progress and, I guess, you cannot asume most of the people know about all this. Then, I think that, for example, a news item would be useful to know what drivers should we use. I am not aware of official Mesa documentation which explains when Gallium3D should be used rather than classic. Mostly, such information spreads as word of mouth and sometimes as news articles on websites like phoronix.com. There will be a default set for new eselect-mesa installations, so if you upgrade to mesa-7.9 today you will get the r300 gallium driver and the r600 classic driver. When we set a new default, then a news item to inform users about the change is certainly a good idea. Best regards, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
