Re: Definition of _boot_
On Mon, 2012-04-30 at 20:30 +0200, Vincent Bernat wrote:
> OoO En ce doux début de matinée du lundi 30 avril 2012, vers 08:15,
> Svante Signell <svante.signell@telia.com> disait :
>
> >> I'm rather sure that he wants to define booting as part of what
> >> currently is done in /etc/rcS.d. Configuring the network or mounting
> >> non-essential remote file systems wouldn't be part of this definition.
> >>
> >> Then he would state that these early tasks do not need events at all,
> >> and conclude that later tasks can be handled in event based userspace
> >> tools, but that the initial process that invokes these event based tools
> >> doesn't require events and thus can stay simple.
>
> > Nice summary, thanks. This is the whole idea behind defining boot...
> > Some people get it, others don't.
>
> Since your boot definition is mostly the current initrd, you seem to
> agree that the current init system could be replaced with something more
> current like upstart and systemd.
On the contrary, with this definition init scripts are sufficient, and
the event-based stuff happens later, e.g. with event based user space
tools, udev<->linux kernel.
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