Re: [gentoo-dev] Init replacement

[Martin Schlemmer]

On Fri, 2003-05-02 at 22:34, Joshua Brindle wrote:

> On the subject of init scripts, I recall having a conversation with seemant
> about this init system which used tree based dependancies and could start
> init scripts simaltaeneously if their dependancy trees didn't collide (for faster
> bootups), does this solution provide this? we'd really like to get something
> that will take some of the overhead out of the init system...
>

The problem mostly with an approach like this, is that without going the
extreme python/C_with_glib_or_xml, you will prob have more overhead in
the poor bash engine figuring this out, than the speed you will get with
then starting one or two services in parallel.

I have said in the past that I will have a look at parallel startup, but
currently there are other points that is more critical and a factor
influencing the speed that needs attention.

Also, it would be nice if somebody who have used Gentoo for a while, and
are better than me at writing, would make some effort to get the docs
updated, more clear, and maybe add some of the missing man pages.  This
should already take some of the sting out of it all.  If somebody is
interested, I will gladly answer questions, etc.


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Martin Schlemmer
Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer
Cape Town, South Africa