From owner-freebsd-current Wed Dec 15 4:50:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from ns.cvzoom.net (ns.cvzoom.net [208.226.154.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CC24D14CB5 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 04:50:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dmmiller@cvzoom.net) Received: (qmail 14482 invoked from network); 15 Dec 1999 12:50:28 -0000 Received: from lcb13.cvzoom.net (HELO cvzoom.net) (63.65.159.13) by ns.cvzoom.net with SMTP; 15 Dec 1999 12:50:28 -0000 Message-ID: <38578E57.BE6F50E1@cvzoom.net> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 07:49:27 -0500 From: Donn Miller X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Kernel config utility Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG So, would having a kernel config utility help us get better reviews? I was thinking about something like an explorer-type thing that was divided into two panes. On the left would be LINT. Here, we would have icons representing the various devices. For example, we could ahve an icon representing an ethernet card, another icon representing a serial port, etc. On the right hand side we would have the custom kernel config file. You could just drag the icons over to the right hand side to add devices to your kernel config. And, of course, you could always just delete the icons you don't need. By clicking on the icons, a properties pane would show the properties for this device. Of course, there should be some way to represent options, such as DEVFS or SOFTUPDATES. Of course, I like using vi better, but I've heard some people complaining about "how hard it is to configure a FreeBSD kernel." I know I didn't fully convey the principles, but you probably get the general idea. Of course, when you're down to using teddy bears and talking parrots, then you know you've made it too simple. :-] - Donn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message