Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:32:11 -0700 From: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> To: Tony Li <tony.li@tony.li> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> Subject: Re: GSOC: Qt front-ends Message-ID: <CAOjFWZ6fYf-Pyd3H19kgh3ULWCtG%2BMbhqG3yMYFHhq_A19R4WA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <578CB1FA-C223-4872-B681-7EC0C280E611@tony.li> References: <CA%2BnOTRiuJrVB_FSX2U18yd4ETD6mD004Mb%2BAh0Q-evofsqirnw@mail.gmail.com> <60A4F968-60A4-4C71-AD53-BA1BC6CBAB5F@longcount.org> <CA%2BnOTRjU8tBc5KwebxCzE%2B5XGUqSqpzn=O=UFuqT0LUB3M28mQ@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BnOTRgYm88Lwz=Z_=iVW8hDdKCkxMjUf=y9xHkOi0ExHjMfRw@mail.gmail.com> <CADLo83_GJxB0UZGp6KR8nDZcnO3hdRJ6Jw8RFG5J6Z2BLdvYRg@mail.gmail.com> <8af7c4b114d6f1a44cf157a64fee3a7f@mail.0x20.net> <578CB1FA-C223-4872-B681-7EC0C280E611@tony.li>
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On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Tony Li <tony.li@tony.li> wrote: > > On Apr 24, 2013, at 5:43 AM, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> wrote: > > > It _is_ easy. But having a nice graphical tool which draws a pretty > table of > > GENERIC and NOTES together with useful information about the possible > options > > and devices would be a handy thing to have IMHO. > > Let's make FreeBSD userfriendly :-) > > > Side note: I agree that we would really, really like FreeBSD more user > friendly. > > However, is kernel configuration where we really want to start? Just how > much of the user base reconfigures their kernels, anyway? Wouldn't effort > be better spent on making normal installation, maintenance and deployment > clean and easy? > Mostly off-topic for this thread, but improving the boot process to auto-detect hardware and auto-load kernel modules would be really nice. That way, GENERIC would be very small, with just the basic frameworks required (CAM, USB, PCI, TCP/IP, etc), and all the actual drivers would be loaded from modules. That would remove almost all requirements to compile a custom kernel in the first place. :) Granted, changing "options" in the kernel would require recompilation, but general use and hardware changes wouldn't. Most likely not a GSoC project. But it's still a nice dream. :) -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com
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