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From: Mark David Dumlao <madumlao@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Linus Torvalds on systemd
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 01:51:27
Message-Id: CAG2nJkPrr8sKKwLnBEGyPiVNMX2a+dMhWO8jU3QtnU8qNM_c1g@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Linus Torvalds on systemd by Mark David Dumlao
1 On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Mark David Dumlao <madumlao@×××××.com>
2 wrote:
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6 > On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 2:58 AM, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com>
7 > wrote:
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9 >> On 2014-09-20, Mark David Dumlao <madumlao@×××××.com> wrote:
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11 >> >> The only Linux systems where I care about boot time are embedded
12 >> >> systems which are never going to have the resources needed to run
13 >> >> systemd.
14 >> >
15 >> > You are mistaken.
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17 >> No, I am not.
18 >>
19 >> > I've helped a friend debug problems on a couple devices running a
20 >> > custom Arch system with systemd.
21 >>
22 >> How does that contradict the statement I made that the systems where I
23 >> care about boot times do not have the resources required to run
24 >> systemd?
25 >>
26 >
27 > You made a generic, catch-all statement about embedded systems which isnt
28 > necessarily true. There are plenty of routers or NAS devices or ipcams, etc
29 > that have the resources to run systemd. Pretty much everything that has the
30 > space to fit the kernel and a a few MB has the resources to run it
31 >
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33 Sorry I clicked somewhere onscreen and it sent immediately. An audit of 204
34 on debian shows that it's small to negligible, with a lot of optional
35 components.
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37 https://people.debian.org/~stapelberg/docs/systemd-dependencies.html
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