FS#55069 - bbswitch requires linux, but what about users who use linux-hardened,zen,lts,.. ?

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by 2000 (Utini) - Tuesday, 08 August 2017, 08:34 GMT
Last edited by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Tuesday, 08 August 2017, 12:59 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
bbswitch requires linux to be installed. How ever, I am using linux-harderened with linux-hardened-headers. It works just fine but I cannot remove "linux" due to bbswitch needing it as dependency.

Same goes for any other linux kernel (lts,zen,...)


Steps to reproduce:
sudo pacman -Rs linux
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Closed by  Dave Reisner (falconindy)
Tuesday, 08 August 2017, 12:59 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  bbswitch really does depend on linux. For other kernels, there's bbswitch-dkms.
Comment by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Tuesday, 08 August 2017, 12:51 GMT
The bbswitch package contains a single file -- a module built specifically for the linux package. There's no way this would work for the linux-hardened package.
Comment by 2000 (Utini) - Tuesday, 08 August 2017, 12:53 GMT
So how can it bee that Bumblebee+bbswitch (optirun,primusrun,...) work just fine for me on linux-hardened ?!
Comment by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Tuesday, 08 August 2017, 12:53 GMT
Perhaps you have bbswitch-dkms installed.
Comment by 2000 (Utini) - Tuesday, 08 August 2017, 12:55 GMT
Nope because bbswitch is in conflict with bbswitch-dkms. But I guess I should go for bbswitch-dkms then?
Comment by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Tuesday, 08 August 2017, 12:59 GMT
Yes, that's the intention.

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