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Date:      Wed, 15 Dec 1999 10:47:00 -0700
From:      Darren Wiebe <dkwiebe@heartland.ab.ca>
To:        Donn Miller <dmmiller@cvzoom.net>
Cc:        Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Kernel config utility
Message-ID:  <3857D414.AD75A44C@heartland.ab.ca>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.20.9912151247130.31674-100000@lcb13.cvzoom.net>

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Donn Miller wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Garrett Wollman wrote:
> 
> > Icons are probably not the right user interface.  I'd suggest
> > something like Windows's ``hardware manager'' (in the System control
> > panel).
> 
> Some people were afraid that it would end up like the Windows
> registry.  Well, even if it did, I'd argue that it still wouldn't be too
> bad.  The Windows registry has so many classes and entries, and I think

Sorry Ladies & Gentlemen...  I was thinking REGISTRY EDITOR not
registry, if you get the difference.  I know that I did not draw a very
fine example.  I think that the editor idea is great though....

Darren Wiebe
dkwiebe@hagenhomes.com

> the kernel config would be smaller with not as many classes.  You'd have
> the device class, and options class.  Then, you'd break devices down into
> scsi, ide, etc.  Or, we could break them down into network, disk
> controllers, sound, that way.
> 
> - Donn
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