Hi, On Mon, Jan 25, 1999 at 04:33:38PM +0900, OKUJI Yoshinori wrote: > > > OKUJI, can we have some option like --enable-all-drivers to get maximum > > driver support, (probably followed by --disable-xxx to disable > > conflicting/unwanted > > drivers)? Or --enable-all-network --enable-all-scsi etc? > > Currently, --disable-xxx for Linux drivers can't work. I didn't feel > to fix this, but should this work? Perhaps yes, but you can write your > own script to enable all the Linux drivers without any mistake, > instead of adding --enable-all-xxx (I don't like switches like > --enable-all-xxx, I feel they are too violent).
Okay, I can write a script. I hope there is a clean way to extract the information, but before you tell me, let me have a look :) > In addition, it doesn't make sense to enable all scsi drivers, in > many cases. Because they often conflict when detecting scsi devices. > GNU Mach doesn't have loadable modules, so we have to prepare many > kernel images as Slackware does. Ouch!!! I hope this is not the last word on it. Isn't it the real benefit of a microkernel to be modular and extensible at run time? "many kernel images" is violent from my point of view. Thanks, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
