On 24/02/2006, at 15:55, der Mouse wrote:

>> I still find this very useful, but I dislike that there are _four_
>> kernel options to set it up:
>
>> # Beep when it is safe to power down the system (requires sysbeep)
>> #options        BEEP_ONHALT
>> # Some tunable details of the above feature (default values used  
>> below)
>> #options        BEEP_ONHALT_COUNT=3     # Times to beep
>> #options        BEEP_ONHALT_PITCH=1500  # Default frequency (in Hz)
>> #options        BEEP_ONHALT_PERIOD=250  # Default duration (in msecs)
>
> Why is it a problem for it to have the tunable values?  (Assuming, of
> course, that you can leave the "options" lines for them commented and
> the defaults will get used.)
>
> I just don't see the problem you're trying to fix here.

The problem is that the kernel has too many options.  Many of them
are useful and required, but I don't think being able to configure
such minor things is a good idea, specially being build-time-only
options...  Things should 'just work' and be kept simple.

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