From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1623 invoked by alias); 31 May 2007 17:30:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 1603 invoked by uid 22791); 31 May 2007 17:30:02 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from main.gmane.org (HELO ciao.gmane.org) (80.91.229.2) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Thu, 31 May 2007 17:29:59 +0000 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1HtoT8-0003eR-9t for ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com; Thu, 31 May 2007 19:29:50 +0200 Received: from c-76-17-159-202.hsd1.mn.comcast.net ([76.17.159.202]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 31 May 2007 19:29:50 +0200 Received: from grante by c-76-17-159-202.hsd1.mn.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 31 May 2007 19:29:50 +0200 To: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com From: Grant Edwards Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 17:35:00 -0000 Message-ID: References: <013401c7a3a7$9ddf46f0$887ba8c0@PAULD> <465F04CB.3030302@mlbassoc.com> User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (Linux) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact ecos-discuss-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org Subject: [ECOS] Re: eCos configuration question (was Re: [ECOS] General Q ...) X-SW-Source: 2007-05/txt/msg00218.txt.bz2 On 2007-05-31, Gary Thomas wrote: >> Other than just a hackish preference for command lines, is there anything >> that ecosconfig can do that configtool can't? The latter seems pretty >> useful, as it lets you see all the documentation on options that is >> otherwise scattered around a million .cdl files. > > I for one rarely do anything that I can't script. ecosconfig > works perfectly for this, the configtool does not. For example, > I may build as many as 128 (or more) versions of RedBoot at > one time, each requiring its own configuration, build tree, etc. > If I *had* to do this with the GUI, I'd never get my work done! While I don't have to do 128 versions of anything, I do have to do 3 or 4 versions at a time, and using the GUI would still take forever. As far as documentation goes, I find that when throubleshooting a configuration, as often as not I want to see not only the description, but the actual CDL. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! ... I want FORTY-TWO at TRYNEL FLOATATION SYSTEMS visi.com installed within SIX AND A HALF HOURS!!! -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss