Re: Busybox update
On Fri Oct 22, 1999 at 02:40:10PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> Erik Andersen <andersen@xmission.com> writes:
>
> > On Thu Oct 21, 1999 at 07:42:13PM +0200, Goswin Brederlow wrote:
> > > I have a few stuff I would like:
> > > insmod, rmmod, modprobe, sed, whiptail
>
> Um, the root disk already includes this stuff, unless I"m
> hallucinating.
Well, for my part, anything that can feasibly be shrunk, and is a tool
useful for boot floppies, rescue disks, embedded systems, etc. is a
worthy candidate for busyboxing.
> Erik, speaking for boot-floppies, all I can point out is that sed
> would be useful (we currently ship it as some kinda gross hack on the
> drivers disk -- well, at least we used to). Be clear that Goswin does
> not represent in any way the boot-floppies team.
I put together a regexp lib last night that takes a whole 3.9k when
compiled, and will be the bases for the new mini-sed that should weigh
in a tad lighter than the 44k of GNU sed. I'm sure somebody can then put
those bytes to better use.
> I'm pretty sure we don't need insmod/modprobe/depmod (though I might
> be wrong).
Well, I know they are used by modconf, right? Anyway, I'll check them
out and see if they are worth messing with.
-Erik
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