From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Subject: Re: How to configure Xorg to use [proprietary] Sis 771 driver on Guix? Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 18:02:05 +0200 Message-ID: <87d0jdwmbm.fsf@nckx> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58604) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hcXjw-0002PN-Ha for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jun 2019 12:10:47 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hcXbs-0005oj-AM for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jun 2019 12:02:26 -0400 Received: from tobias.gr ([2001:470:7405::1]:45080) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hcXbq-0005iL-Uc for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jun 2019 12:02:24 -0400 In-reply-to: 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: znavko Cc: help-guix@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ehlo Znavko, znavko@disroot.org wrote: > oops, not sure it is intel. SiS[0] is not Intel. They're a Taiwanese company whose graphics=20 division later became the ill-fated XGI for a while. Takes me back=E2=80=A6 :-) > here i've placed driver https://gitgud.io/znavko/sis771 As was to be expected, that's not free software (or even open=20 source) (or even source). You're probably breaking the law by even hosting that link:=20 there's no licence to be found anywhere, let alone one allowing=20 redistribution. This is why proprietary software sucks. > Can anybody write package definition ?=20 Considering the fact that this is a 10-year-old binary blob for=20 use with >10-year old X.org, that it would be illegal to host the=20 origin unless you find a licence permitting that (unlikely), and=20 that it has 0% chance of ever making it into Guix proper, you're=20 very unlikely to find a volunteer to do this for you. And this=20 mailing list or any other Guix project channel would not be an=20 appropriate place to find them. Sorry. On a more positive note: have you looked at https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xf86-video-sisimedia/ (or https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xf86-video-sis/)? As you can see by the number of patches at that first link,=20 keeping such old hardware working with modern software presents=20 plenty of challenges=E2=80=94without adding those of binary blobs :-) T G-R [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Integrated_Systems --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYKAB0WIQT12iAyS4c9C3o4dnINsP+IT1VteQUCXQZn/QAKCRANsP+IT1Vt eaA/AP4knoIKrzwCsjMDmg68/XUagf+VXbsnV5NPVaFTFo9UxQEA0zMSWlvz+EoQ MTOBh55khIuY/4pHCmlSQ5asF0Q9WwU= =gG0O -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--