lua in kernel!

[Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh%kathe.in@localhost>]

hello,

while i was drawn to netbsd because of the upcoming lua
support in the kernel and userland, i am quite lost about
the probable use cases for real-world scenarios.

prima-face, it feels quite strange to have a scriptable
kernel and have that capability extended through out the
userland.

i have been googling (via lynx) and haven't found anything
which would suggest possible use cases for the lua-in-kernel
effort. might be because my google skills are poor.

can someone with access to such a document please share the
details?

also, if the lua-in-kernel effort does succeed, would there
be some mechanism to turn it off while doing a customized
build? can't figure how useful such a feature might be in
a production environment like web-app hosting or even an
embedded system.

thanks,

~mayuresh