Re: "Next Generation" kernel configuration?

From: Conrad J. Sabatier (conrads_at_cox.net)
Date: 07/21/04

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    Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 20:22:56 -0500 (CDT)
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    On 21-Jul-2004 Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
    [snip]
    > Has this ever come up for discussion before? Now that we have rcNG,
    > with its explicit declarations of dependencies, has any thought been
    > given to doing something similar with kernel configuration files?
    > Something still human-readable, yet more orderly and systematic,
    > easier for a machine to interpret, present and verify?

    Just a note of clarification here: the use of the term "kernel
    configuration files" in the above paragraph refers to the entire set of
    files residing under /sys/conf and friends, not the user's kernel
    config.

    Just wanted to make sure. :-) 

    -- 
Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> -- "In Unix veritas"
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