Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 04:11:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Clark II <gclarkii> To: gary@palmer.demon.co.uk (Gary Palmer) Cc: taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw, jaitken@husky.cs.vt.edu, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel configuration/compilation tool Message-ID: <199507281111.EAA05390@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: <1838.806892666@palmer.demon.co.uk> from "Gary Palmer" at Jul 28, 95 01:51:06 am
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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 > Hi, At one time I had crude one for 1.X that was in the contrib directory. I've been slowly re-working it here to add that database and such. How about a pre-processer that takes a LINT config file and generates a basic input file that can be used as input. Gary (The Other One) -- Gary Clark II (N5VMF) | FreeBSD support and service gclarkii@FreeBSD.ORG | mail info@gbdata.com for information FreeBSD FAQ at ftp.FreeBSD.ORG in ~pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/src/share/FAQ/Text/FreeBSD.FAQ
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