Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 14:19:16 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao) Cc: jaitken@husky.cs.vt.edu, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Kernel configuration/compilation tool Message-ID: <199507280449.OAA08807@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950728082658.23040M-100000@aries> from "Brian Tao" at Jul 28, 95 08:31:15 am
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Brian Tao stands accused of saying:
> > As has been discussed in the newsgroups lately, a snazzy kernel
> > configuration & compilation utility would be very nice. I just spoke
> > with Jordan about it, and he wasn't aware of anyone working on such a
> > beast. I've volunteered to at least take a crack at it, so if anyone's
> > already started on the same project, let me know and I'll be glad to
> > help.
I've been tinkering with the idea off and on for a while; the real
stress lies in designing the syntax for the options/devices/etc
definition file, so that it can be parsed easily and yet be
straightforward for new entries to be added.
> Again, I'm joining in late... after tk4.0 was released and once a
> friend of mine lent me his Tcl/Tk reference book, I decided that a
> kernel config utility would be a nice "test project" to work on. I
> haven't started it yet, but here are some thoughts.
To do this 'right' will actually be fairly meaty project; you may want to
use something like XF as a dialog designer to help your visualisation out.
(This sort of thing requires multiple toplevels, which XF doesn't do so
well, so you can't use it as a designer)
Regardless, count me in as an interested party. I'd also be interested
to know if there was much interest in a format/slice/partition/newfs/mount
tool with a 'spiffy' frontend...
> Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
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