From owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 13 21:24:30 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C98016A41F for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:24:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from snoel@gestosoft.com) Received: from tomts38-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts38-srv.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.95]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B61943D45 for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:24:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from snoel@gestosoft.com) Received: from [10.0.5.52] ([69.156.84.58]) by tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <20050913210921.COGX1799.tomts40-srv.bellnexxia.net@[10.0.5.52]>; Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:09:21 -0400 In-Reply-To: References: <20050908165951.GE31354@odin.ac.hmc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <41EC4892-A45A-4C77-A870-6E814863B2C5@gestosoft.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Sandro Noel Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:09:20 -0400 To: gnn@neville-neil.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Cc: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System Tree essentials UNDERSTANDING the system X-BeenThere: freebsd-small@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:24:30 -0000 On Sep 08, 2005, at 10:11 PM, gnn@neville-neil.com wrote: > > It's not original to me, I have seen whole RTOSs shipped with the > kernel APIs and docs in the code and then extracted by a similar > method. > i like that, approach, i was thinking that once this maping of the system into "features" it should be possible to have some kind of system builder. i picked around the net for such tool, and there happens to to exist 2 somewhat worthy applications in the "linux" world, the infamous ALFS, that i never got to work past some point of compilation. and there is another one named something in that area would be great, and features could be added to the build scripts.. and ports could be included as features .. and so on ... i'm getting way ahead here . but wouldn't it be good for BSD to have such tool ? > We ought to generate a map somehow... Hmmm. Have to think about > that. > yes . that is what i was thinking about too , maybe some king of XML, inspired by the theory behind the ports system i'm wondering if UML models would somehow apply here, it could generate the XML. i'm just throwing ideas. > It is hard but not impossible. It requires something most of us hate, > work ;-) Of course work is easier when shared. > well that makes 2 of us. let's get organized. Sandro Noel