Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:24:56 -0500 | From | "Theodore Ts'o" <> | Subject | Re: A Kernel Configuration Tale of Woe |
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On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 12:33:18PM -0500, Dennis Grant wrote: > For example, I want to be able to pick my motherboard model out of a > list. I then want to be presented with a list of components that are > options on that model on an ITEM basis (ie "gigabit ethernet > controller" not "Broadcom FOOBAR73541") and then select the options > that I have.
The major problem with this idea is the question: who will pay for keeping this database of motherboard models, et. al, up to date?
If it is done purely on a voluntary basis, it will have huge gaps, and then there will be people complaining about why the #!@$#@ configuration system doesn't list their motherboard. Even Microsoft hasn't attempted to do what you have described, and for good reason --- new motherboards and new chipsets appear far too often for any software product to be able to track this with any hope of success.
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