From owner-freebsd-current Tue Sep 12 01:00:17 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id BAA27101 for current-outgoing; Tue, 12 Sep 1995 01:00:17 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id BAA27092 for ; Tue, 12 Sep 1995 01:00:12 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id RAA21554; Tue, 12 Sep 1995 17:40:47 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199509120810.RAA21554@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: userconfig doesn't work on tvi925 To: pst@shockwave.com (Paul Traina) Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 17:40:47 +0930 (CST) Cc: current@freebsd.org, fenner@parc.xerox.com In-Reply-To: <199509120501.WAA12444@precipice.shockwave.com> from "Paul Traina" at Sep 11, 95 10:01:47 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1304 Sender: current-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk 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! [[