Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 17:40:47 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: pst@shockwave.com (Paul Traina) Cc: current@freebsd.org, fenner@parc.xerox.com Subject: Re: userconfig doesn't work on tvi925 Message-ID: <199509120810.RAA21554@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199509120501.WAA12444@precipice.shockwave.com> from "Paul Traina" at Sep 11, 95 10:01:47 pm
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Paul Traina stands accused of saying: > Pull out the new userconfig ENTIRELY. Get rid of it. Instead, add a > sysctl interface and a staticly linked program in /sbin to operate that > interface. This keeps the kernel clean, and gives you access to fancy > stuff in user mode. If you want to have the old userconfig for emergencies, > I have absolutely no objection to that (it would be nice if it was #ifdef'ed). Tell me how you plan to boot the system to the point where you can run this usermode program. Remember that the whole idea behind the 'pretty' userconfig was to aid the less cerebral among us in getting FreeBSD to the booted point at all. The original design was simple and straightforward; feeping creaturitis has since bloated it a little, but it's not what you'd call a monster. > (hell, then you can use curses if you want). That wouldn't help; dumb terminals still wouldn't be supported. > Paul -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[
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