From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: znavko@disroot.org Subject: Re: How to configure Xorg to use [proprietary] Sis 771 driver on Guix? Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 16:53:02 +0000 Message-ID: <2c971c23b6a1b3807e13d2cd106b1980@disroot.org> References: <87d0jdwmbm.fsf@nckx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39215) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hcYOz-0007LQ-A3 for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jun 2019 12:53:10 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hcYOx-0003SK-Ob for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jun 2019 12:53:09 -0400 Received: from knopi.disroot.org ([178.21.23.139]:55406) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hcYOx-0003OX-2W for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jun 2019 12:53:07 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87d0jdwmbm.fsf@nckx> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Cc: help-guix@gnu.org Thank you, Tobias!=0AI'll try to use that. As I understand I need to writ= e driver package definition using Guix Manual #Defining-Packages.=0AIs th= ere some difficulties with driver packages?=0A=0AJune 16, 2019 4:08 PM, "= Tobias Geerinckx-Rice" wrote:=0A=0A> Ehlo Znavko,=0A> =0A>= znavko@disroot.org wrote:=0A> =0A>> oops, not sure it is intel.=0A> =0A>= SiS[0] is not Intel. They're a Taiwanese company whose graphics=0A> divi= sion later became the ill-fated XGI for a while.=0A> =0A> Takes me back= =E2=80=A6 :-)=0A> =0A>> here i've placed driver https://gitgud.io/znavko/= sis771=0A> =0A> As was to be expected, that's not free software (or even = open=0A> source) (or even source).=0A> =0A> You're probably breaking the = law by even hosting that link:=0A> there's no licence to be found anywher= e, let alone one allowing=0A> redistribution.=0A> =0A> This is why propri= etary software sucks.=0A> =0A>> Can anybody write package definition ?=0A= > =0A> Considering the fact that this is a 10-year-old binary blob for=0A= > use with >10-year old X.org, that it would be illegal to host the=0A> o= rigin unless you find a licence permitting that (unlikely), and=0A> that = it has 0% chance of ever making it into Guix proper, you're=0A> very unli= kely to find a volunteer to do this for you. And this=0A> mailing list or= any other Guix project channel would not be an=0A> appropriate place to = find them. Sorry.=0A> =0A> On a more positive note: have you looked at=0A= > =0A> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xf86-video-sisimedia=0A> (or ht= tps://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xf86-video-sis)?=0A> =0A> As you can see= by the number of patches at that first link,=0A> keeping such old hardwa= re working with modern software presents=0A> plenty of challenges=E2=80= =94without adding those of binary blobs :-)=0A> =0A> T G-R=0A> =0A> [0]: = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Integrated_Systems