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From: Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu>
To: Remy Nonnenmacher <remy@synx.com>
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Subject: Re: Kernel configurator
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> >> 
> >> This sounds like a very good idea, to me.
> >> 
> > It would be a pain. Every time a new kernel option or device got added,
> > the program would have to be changed. It would seem to me that this is
> > just another thing to remember to update.
> > 
> 
> And what about having the device or option surrounded with special
> comments in the LINT file. The configurator would be able to extract
> informations/constraints/values from there !.
> 
> (Just a though, as the LINT file serves me as a reference for
> parameters).
> 
It could be possible, I guess, although I'm sure that there would have to
be some sort of way to explain each of the device drivers. Are we talking
about doing this the same way that sysinstall looks, or are we talking
about an X program?

Kenneth Culver


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