Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 16:59:41 +0200 (CEST) From: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@korin.warman.org.pl> To: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@roguetrader.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: new command: doconfig Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.971005165549.11531A-100000@korin.warman.org.pl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971004112139.17556A-100000@roguetrader.com>
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On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Brandon Gillespie wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Andrzej Bialecki wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 1 Oct 1997, Brandon Gillespie wrote:
> >
> > > I would like to add this as a new command to FreeBSD. I mentioned it a
> > I use sometimes SCO, and there is (almost only :-) one thing that I liked:
> > curses-driven program to tune running system parameters (such as mbufs,
> > sysadmin's tool for tuning system's parameters. What do you think?
> Modularity :)
>
> I think a kernel configuration subsystem is fine on its own, as a single
> module. Later somebody can easilly wrap it in a more general kerneltuner
> program (which tunes and configures), but there is no reason to over-do
> one thing in complexity... (IMHO)
Seems OK. There is a question of consistent user interface, though. Do you
use libdialog? I remember there was discussion on the subject of using/not
using it. What I don't remember is the final conclusion... :-)
Andrzej Bialecki
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