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On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 08:25:48AM -0800, jano wrote: |
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> > I have a good dream last night. Some days ago I find the tool from |
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> > Microsoft to optimize the boot time of their new system (winxp). The |
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> > idea is to run some services to system-init parallel. Or in other |
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> > words: Why we must wait for samba to start xdm. Couldn't we use the |
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> > multitaskting experience of linux in our init-scripts. So we can start |
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> > Linux in near the half time I think. Good or bad idea? |
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> I concur. I wonder what sort of drawbacks there would be to doing this? |
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No real drawbacks and should be possible to add due to our dep-based |
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initscripts. Right now, we are focusing on more fundamental areas, though. |
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In the future, we'll add support for this. The disadvantage would be |
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that without a higher-level script output mechanism, the output from |
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the scripts would get interleaved line by line. Also, let's take a step |
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back and think about a system that boots 1 second faster. Big whoop. |
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Is this where we want to be focusing our precious development time? |
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Best Regards, |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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Chief Architect/President http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |
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