Quoting Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org>:
> On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 01:51:06PM +0300, Ville Sundell wrote:
> 
> > I know, this maybe is F.A.Q, but I ask it anyway (because I have not found it
> > in kernel mail-list, so don't shot me!):
> 
> <bang>
> 
> > How about build-in XML-support to kernel?
> 
> What problem is this solving?
> 
> > Good or bad?
> 
> Utterly pointless
> 
> > It would be wery useful for config-files?
> 
> The kernel doesn't have config files, just knobs in proc/sysfs.
> 
> > (...and I have a draft for small XML-parser in C-language;) )

Search the archives.
There was a thread about this some time ago.
Tim Hockin talked about his XML parser there. I'm currently
using it (in a modified form) in some of my programs:

xmlparser.h:
http://websvn.kde.org/branches/pwmanager/1.2/pwmanager/pwmanager_dump/xmlparser.h?rev=416745&view=markup
xmlparser.c:
http://websvn.kde.org/branches/pwmanager/1.2/pwmanager/pwmanager_dump/xmlparser.c?rev=417577&view=markup

Sorry for the half-offtopic posting. :D

-- 
Greetings, Michael