From owner-freebsd-current Wed Dec 15 9: 1:57 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from modemcable156.106-200-24.mtl.mc.videotron.net (modemcable126.102-200-24.mtl.mc.videotron.net [24.200.102.126]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 93EBC14BD6 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 09:01:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from patrick@mindstep.com) Received: (qmail 30267 invoked from network); 15 Dec 1999 17:01:53 -0000 Received: from patrak.local.mindstep.com (HELO patrak) (192.168.10.4) by jacuzzi.local.mindstep.com with SMTP; 15 Dec 1999 17:01:53 -0000 Message-ID: <003a01bf471e$16185e70$040aa8c0@local.mindstep.com> From: "Patrick Bihan-Faou" To: References: <3857AC6D.9DDA410B@heartland.ab.ca> <19991215160805.89BAC15033@hub.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Kernel config utility Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 12:01:53 -0500 Organization: MindStep Corporation MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, Rather than going in horror shows like a registry editor look alike for the kernel config, I think that there is a somewhat better approach to the kernel configuration task. Has anybody taken a look at the configuration script on RedHat-Linux distributions ? I don't know if it is RedHat specific or generic to all Linux distribution, but it is really nice. You just have to type "make menuconfig" and here you go with a fairly well structure presentation of the options you have to configure the kernel. The thingy also manages basic dependencies between kernel options etc. It is really easy to understand even for the non-expert, and for purists/gurus you still have the text file to play around... > must be an ascii file that may be processed into a database > format for use. we need something that cal be read, diff'ed, > grep'ped, comm'ed, that can be backed up without problmes, that can be > moved from host to host, .... I agree with that part. And I would also add that we need something that can be used even if you don't have X11 installed... Just my 2 cents. Patrick. -- www.mindstep.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message