RE: why the current kernel config menu layout is a mess

From: Roman Zippel (zippel@linux-m68k.org)
Date: Fri Jul 25 2003 - 10:07:46 EST


Hi,

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, John Bradford wrote:

> Maybe a completely new, out of kernel tree configurator would be worth
> thinking about, leaving the in-kernel configurator as a legacy option.
> I know the config system underwent a major overhaul during 2.5, but I
> think we could go even further.

Maybe you should look first at something before you throw it away?
Kconfig is already modular, the Kconfig parser is a library, which you can
easily connect to your favourite script language and then you can do with
the Kconfig data whatever you want.

bye, Roman

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