Re: [arch-general] Using the new 'extramodules' directory in linux-* packages

2011-12-30 Thread Andrzej Giniewicz
This is something I wanted to ask too, cause I'm dealing with wacom-drivers package - and there I have an updated version of standard module. For now I use /lib/modules/3.1.*-*-ARCH/updates for this purpose and it works, but there is no /lib/modules/updates-3.1/ so users need to rebuild after e

Re: [arch-general] Using the new 'extramodules' directory in linux-* packages

2011-12-29 Thread Heiko Baums
Am Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:55:19 +0800 schrieb Oon-Ee Ng : > While top-posting discussions are interesting and all, I'd really > prefer an answer to my initial query on extramodules > /lib/modules/3.1.*-*-ARCH/extramodules rather than in > /lib/modules/extramodules-3.1.*-*-ARCH I would prefer the se

Re: [arch-general] Using the new 'extramodules' directory in linux-* packages

2011-12-29 Thread Oon-Ee Ng
On Dec 30, 2011 5:14 AM, "Patrick Burroughs" wrote: > > This is a purely a matter of netiquette, and can't be blamed on the application. > > ~Celti While top-posting discussions are interesting and all, I'd really prefer an answer to my initial query on extramodules

Re: [arch-general] Using the new 'extramodules' directory in linux-* packages

2011-12-29 Thread Patrick Burroughs
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 14:01, Heiko Baums wrote: > E-mail applications, particularly Google Mail, don't always follow the > common standards. So if Google Mail doesn't respect the Netiquette and > the common internet standards, you should interfere and refinish what > it does automatically or use

Re: [arch-general] Using the new 'extramodules' directory in linux-* packages

2011-12-29 Thread Heiko Baums
Am Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:56:21 -0500 schrieb Jonathan Vasquez : > You are correct. I just let my email application automatically handle > the quoting. E-mail applications, particularly Google Mail, don't always follow the common standards. So if Google Mail doesn't respect the Netiquette and the co

Re: [arch-general] Using the new 'extramodules' directory in linux-* packages

2011-12-29 Thread Jonathan Vasquez
You are correct. I just let my email application automatically handle the quoting. On Dec 29, 2011 3:47 PM, "Heiko Baums" wrote: > Am Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:12:53 -0500 > schrieb Jonathan Vasquez : > > > Hmm I always reply in a top post way since I see it as a faster way > > to get the answer from t

Re: [arch-general] Using the new 'extramodules' directory in linux-* packages

2011-12-29 Thread Heiko Baums
Am Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:12:53 -0500 schrieb Jonathan Vasquez : > Hmm I always reply in a top post way since I see it as a faster way > to get the answer from the person without having to continuously > scroll down. Also the quoted text (below the post) is history. It is > only Hmm I always reply in

Re: [arch-general] Using the new 'extramodules' directory in linux-* packages

2011-12-29 Thread Jonathan Vasquez
Hmm I always reply in a top post way since I see it as a faster way to get the answer from the person without having to continuously scroll down. Also the quoted text (below the post) is history. It is only Hmm I always reply in a top post way since I see it as a faster way to get the answer from t

Re: [arch-general] Using the new 'extramodules' directory in linux-* packages

2011-12-29 Thread Oon-Ee Ng
Thanks for the response, but please don't top-post =) On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Jonathan Vasquez wrote: > I would go with either > > /lib/modules/extramodules// > > or > > /lib/modules//extramodules/ > > But maybe this is just semantics and I'm just picky about directory > structure. To m

Re: [arch-general] Using the new 'extramodules' directory in linux-* packages

2011-12-29 Thread Jonathan Vasquez
I would go with either /lib/modules/extramodules// or /lib/modules//extramodules/ But maybe this is just semantics and I'm just picky about directory structure. On Dec 29, 2011 2:40 AM, "Oon-Ee Ng" wrote: > I'm the maintainer of nvidia-beta-all - > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31

[arch-general] Using the new 'extramodules' directory in linux-* packages

2011-12-28 Thread Oon-Ee Ng
I'm the maintainer of nvidia-beta-all - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31123 The nature of the package is that to provide the nvidia-beta driver for all currently installed kernels. I use some horrible tricks to accomplish that involving scanning the kernel images in /boot With the rec