Overhaul the config system with Lua

[Warren Block]

On Fri, 14 Mar 2014, Walt Ford wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 09:36:34PM -0600, Warren Block wrote:
>> On Fri, 14 Mar 2014, Walt Ford wrote:
>>
>>> That's an excellent project.  I've had Lua in my own base system for
>>> years and have converted the rc system to use it at various times,
>>> along with some base utilities.
>>
>> Speaking as someone who thinks too much stuff is in base... I'd like
>> to see Lua in base.  Or any modern scripting language, but Lua is
>> small and has the right license.  NetBSD put it in their kernel (!).
>
> I agree, I think all of contrib should be in ports only, but I prefer a
> base with Lua.
>
> I didn't know NetBSD put it in their kernel.  I started experimenting with
> an embedded interpreter as a replacement for mi_startup() to easily pass
> control back to it from subsystems, but I never got too far.

http://www.netbsd.org/gallery/presentations/mbalmer/fosdem2012/kernel_mode_lua.pdf