Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 20:37:26 -0500 (CDT) From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: freebsd-config@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Next Generation" kernel configuration? Message-ID: <XFMail.20040720203726.conrads@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <20040721010342.GA8398@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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On 21-Jul-2004 Brooks Davis wrote: > You can have my simple flat file kernel config when you pry it from > my cold, dead hands and I know a number of other develoeprs share > this viewpoint. All my experiences with the linux visual kernel > config tool have been annoying and I've got friends with more > expierence with it that have much less kind things to say. Well, the idea is not to replace the current use of a single, flat kernel config file, only to ease its creation. The end result would be essentially the same, although with a slightly different arrangement of items, of course. > That said, so long as it doesn't impose too much developer burden, > an improved set of backend files that did a better job of handling > dependencies and knew which options where relevent given the > configured set of devices could be useful. Yes, I think it's an interesting area for exploration. > There is a valid question of what a depenency means. For instance, > you can't really have IP networking without lo(4) (there's a null > pointer derefrence if you try), but since you can load it as a > module, should you have to compile it in? Hmm, good point. This will obviously require some careful thinking. As I told Julian Elischer just now in another (private) reply, I don't have even the first sketches of such a reorganization on the drawing board. I was curious to see how such an idea would be received first. If there's a lot of resistance (which I could certainly understand), I won't even bother. But if there's an interest...I'd certainly be willing to invest some time in it and see what I could cook up. So far, no one's yelling "blasphemer!" or anything. But then it's still early. We'll see. :-) -- Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> -- "In Unix veritas"
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