Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 11:26:51 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: "Preston S. Wiley II" <pwiley@freebsd.tesserae.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel Configuration. Message-ID: <37DB0F6B.259302EE@newsguy.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909111904420.318-100000@freebsd.tesserae.com>
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"Preston S. Wiley II" wrote: > > In comparing FreeBSD w/ Linux, I've heard alot of people bitch and > moan about the difficulty(?) of configuring the kernel. They complain > about having to edit a file and using weird abbreviations for things. Is > there anything out there to do this, and if not, I seems like it would be > a fairly easy thing to add. Any thoughts? Anyone complaining about editing a file to configure a kernel is... well, I don't know what they are expecting to do with a Unix. Anyway, the thought on this matter is the following: we don't want such a tool. We want to get rid of kernel configuration. We want everything plug&play, demand-loaded. Of course, there'll be a configuration file for stupid things like ISA, though that won't be kernel configuration. And there'll probably be residual kernel configuration for some options that just can't be placed anywhere else. It is in this direction that we think efforts must be concentrated. Anyway, it (the tool you mention) "seems" a fairly easy thing to add, and we have seen HUNDREDS of people coming say that before. No tool has resulted (though prototypes were made available now and then). I think that tells something, though I'm not sure what it is. Aside from telling me this thread is useless. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org "People call him Neutron Star, 'cuz his so dense lights bends around him." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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