Subject: Re: Kernel config file
To: Jared D. McNeill <jmcneill@invisible.ca>
From: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/17/2007 23:11:10
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 10:47:53AM -0400, Jared D. McNeill wrote:
> <key>userconf</key>
> <array>
> <string>disable acpi</string>
> <string>disable isapnp</string>
> <string>disable mca</string>
> <string>disable eisa</string>
> <string>disable pcmcia</string>
> </array>
What is the point of encoding anything but instructions that you could give
to userconf at the prompt in this file?
(Note: this is not about plist format, I would like to understand why you
put three levels of wrappers [array,dict,xml] around a linear list of
input data)
i.e: why is the above not a simple file like:
--8<--
disable acpi
disable isapnp
disable mca
disable eisa
disable pcmcia
-->8--
Please explain, I realy don't understand the idea behind it.
Martin