Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 01:51:06 +0100 From: Gary Palmer <gary@palmer.demon.co.uk> To: Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw> Cc: Jeff Aitken <jaitken@husky.cs.vt.edu>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel configuration/compilation tool Message-ID: <1838.806892666@palmer.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 28 Jul 1995 08:31:15 %2B0800." <Pine.BSI.3.91.950728082658.23040M-100000@aries>
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In message <Pine.BSI.3.91.950728082658.23040M-100000@aries>, Brian Tao writes:
> First and foremost, the util should consult some sort of database
>file that lists available options, valid argument lists and
>dependencies. This will allow other people to write different front-
>ends. I would like to try my hand at Tcl/Tk programming, so that
>would make it an X application. Someone else could try writing one
>using libdialog and a third person could put together a Web/CGI
>interface. That last one intrigues me... put up a "FreeBSD Kernel
>Drive-Thru" page where you select config options via a forms
>interface, then after some waiting, a new kernel is presented to you
>for downloading.
P.S. Sudden after-thought - it'd have to be platform independant also...
i.e. not be i386-centric in the files it generates...
Gary
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