From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Mar 12 14:59:53 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from zippy.cdrom.com (zippy.cdrom.com [204.216.27.228]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8DE9153D9 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 1999 14:59:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@zippy.cdrom.com) Received: from zippy.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zippy.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA24928; Fri, 12 Mar 1999 14:59:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@zippy.cdrom.com) To: Steven Young Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: visual config editor In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 12 Mar 1999 15:49:03 MST." Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 14:59:53 -0800 Message-ID: <24926.921279593@zippy.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hm, well now. The help text would be pretty easy to put in the LINT > file - probably something simple like just putting a comment block above > each option, and that will be imported as the help text. However, as I think the comment block should contain some sort of standardized "record" of not just help text, but possible values for certain fields (or information which denotes that they're display-only, or whatever). > far as including a list of required/possible arguments.. hm. Are the > arguments listed in the LINT file all the _possible_ arguments for a > particular option, or are they just the required ones? I'm hoping it's "Yes" :) The answer is that LINT represents something of a pastiche' of formats. Some drivers have all their flags and such enumerated there, others expect you to read the man page, etc. Nobody has ever really tried to use LINT as more than a, well, lint checker on the kernel ("does LINT still config and build?") even though it's now evolved far beyond that as a kind of documentation repository, driver checklist file ("what do we support?"), home for experimental drivers (that will never see GENERIC), etc. It is in dire need of a "given what we know now" sort of review and if you can get the end result by Bruce, you'll be able to get it by anybody. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message