Re: Configure options

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Sun, 2011-05-01 at 08:32 -0400, Super Bisquit wrote:
> Is it possible to add a none option to the --with-distro when
> building. I'm trying to build on FreeBSD. Currently, someone else is
> beginning a project:
> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/project/google/gsoc2011/kulakovad/4001 .
> I've mentioned on bugzilla some options:
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=648430 .
> 
> Let me at least try to make it work while everybody is waiting for the
> project to be finished. I have a laptop with the iwi|ipw2100/2200
> radio. 

At the moment NM is Linux-only, mainly due to usage of
Linux-kernel-specific WiFi and Ethernet calls, hardware detection using
udev, and IP/routing using netlink.  While NM could be ported, somebody
would have to explore the FreeBSD alternatives to stuff like udev and
mechanisms to get the wifi card's current BSSID, signal strength, rates,
ethernet carrier on/off, and programmatically setting IP addresses and
routes.

Dan