From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 7 23: 5:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B60C14D28 for ; Mon, 7 Jun 1999 23:04:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA25493; Tue, 8 Jun 1999 00:03:59 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id AAA03245; Tue, 8 Jun 1999 00:02:14 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199906080602.AAA03245@harmony.village.org> To: Kevin Day Subject: Re: Kernel config script Cc: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), loopd@best.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 30 May 1999 17:13:53 CDT." <199905302213.RAA05198@home.dragondata.com> References: <199905302213.RAA05198@home.dragondata.com> Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 00:02:14 -0600 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <199905302213.RAA05198@home.dragondata.com> Kevin Day writes: : 1) The kernel config options are only documented in LINT, which really isn't : meant for that sorta thing, and I'll admit, they're not documented well. : (contrast linux's config where you can hit ? and get a few paragraphs of : info for each option, such as "If I leave this in, and don't have the : hardware, will it cause problems?" etc...) : : 2) It's not the most graceful system for newbies, switching between two : files in a text editor is a bit much for some folks. We're working for the day that this is a completely moot point. There will be very few options to build the kernel with (SMP is the only one that comes to mind but I'm sure there are others). Everything else will be a loadable module. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message