From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jul 27 19:27:23 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) id TAA20510 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 27 Jul 1995 19:27:23 -0700 Received: from efn.efn.org (efn.org [198.68.17.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) with SMTP id TAA20504 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 1995 19:27:18 -0700 Received: from unix.nike.efn.org (haus.efn.org) by efn.efn.org (4.1/smail2.5/05-07-92) id AA22132; Thu, 27 Jul 95 19:25:10 PDT Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 19:25:41 -0700 (PDT) From: John-Mark Gurney X-Sender: gurney_j@unix.nike.efn.org To: Gary Palmer Cc: Brian Tao , Jeff Aitken , hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Kernel configuration/compilation tool In-Reply-To: <1828.806892608@palmer.demon.co.uk> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 28 Jul 1995, Gary Palmer wrote: > In message , 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. > > Looks good to me, but the question has to be WHERE ON EARTH DO YOU GET > THE COMPILE SERVER FROM? I don't think we have anywhere near the > resources available currently to host such a project, nice though > it may be :-( how about having it mailed? that way you get the kernel and they don't have to wait around... sure it may take a while... but just dedicate a 486/33 and run to kernel compiles at once (to eliminate dead time between .c loads)... John-Mark gurney_j@efn.org Modem/FAX: (503) 683-6954 (FreeBSD Box) Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD (unix)