From owner-mint@fishpool.com Sun Jun 1 14:32:15 2003 To: mint@fishpool.com Subject: Re: [MiNT] Kernel tests Date: 01 Jun 2003 14:23:54 From: "Adam Klobukowski" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: X-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Marijuana Mail 0.1.67n [pl] (Atari Falcon 030; TOS 4.04 & MiNT / NVDI 5.01) Message-Id: <20030601121421.41D6918861@core.preferuje.luzik.pl> Delivered-To: mint@fishpool.com Delivered-To: mint@lists.fishpool.fi X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Errors-to: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi X-original-sender: atari@gabo.pl Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-ID: X-List-ID: > Hello! > > > If you refer to the *.tbl files, the situation is different. These > > are, as I see it, parts of the kernel, exactly like the modules. > > Since the modules ain't defined in any config file, but just > > reside in the sysdir and are loaded automatically, I don't see why > > the tables couldn't, and where is the better place to keep them. > > Automatic load is simpler, the cnf parser is shorter, and it is > > not a big deal for a boot manager to rename, delete or copy a > > single file, even if someone changes keyboards and unicode > > mappings several times a day. > > Not everybody use a boot manager. And I meant to specify all loaded > stuff in cnf file (include xdd/xfs/tbl and all other things); > optionally for sure with fallback to automatic load. Why not think > about this idea? It have some advantages I think. The opinions of > other users would be nice here. In my opinion this may be quite usefull. -- Semper Fidelis Adam Klobukowski atari@gabo.pl