Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 13:01:14 +0100 From: npe@bfc.dk To: Freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel configurator Message-ID: <412566F1.00413EBE.00@bfc.dk>
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> > > On Mon, Jan 04, 1999 at 03:37:30PM +0100, npe@bfc.dk wrote: > > > > Would a thing like a kernel configurator with a user interface be > > > > appreciated ? > > > > Personally I think that it would be a great plus for new users.. . > > > > > > Well... why don't you ask them? The newbies who can read have a mailing > > > list where they decide what would be best for -current users to try :-) > > > > > Unless I'm mistaken, don't the options USERCONFIG, and its visual > > counterpart already implement a "Kernel Configurator??" It's my > > understanding that they do. > > That was my understanding also. I think the original author might have meant > a pre-compilation utility which spawns a TCL or Curses based configuration > tool that gives a runthrough of all the options, similar to Linux's 'make > xconfig' or 'make menuconfig' (assuming, of course, that they haven't changed > it in the two-plus years since I quit using Linux). Exactly... The bootup utility works just fine. But for the precompile thingy it would be much easier for newbies to use a tool for it with have descriptions and comments about all the options and devices. I'm currently thinking of a configuration file format suitable for this thing and wondered if there where some standard on that.. I'm currently working on a kind of .ini style where you build up all the menus and options in the file.. And maybe it would be smart to make specific options available in advanced mode only.. (CPU hacks and etc.) Regards, Nicolai Petri To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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