Re: web based kernel compile

Aaron T Porter (atporter@entropy.muc.muohio.edu)
Mon, 4 May 1998 13:07:01 -0400 (EDT)


On Mon, 4 May 1998, Pavel Machek wrote:

> Web based configurator might be nice: but there's prblem with it: There
> are many options that are available only after some other option is
> selected.
>
> If you don't hide options, it will be pretty messy...

It's a matter of lowest common denominator you're willing to
support. It would be really easy to do in Java or JavaScript... to work
with Lynx, that's another matter.

> Also, it might be nice to be able t compile kernels for non-i386
> machines. It is smetimes pretty hard to get kernel for sparc if you
> don't have sparc handy. (Setting up cross-compiler is not *tthat*
> hard, but it is not really easy.)

So we find someone willing to donate cycles on a native box. If
there's a real desire someone will volunteer.

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