On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Atte Peltomäki <atte.peltom...@iki.fi> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 03:53:26PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: >> It's unfortunate that this thread evolved into a discussion about >> replacing rc.d, since that's almost certainly not relevant to the >> original topic of improving the overall boot time. > > Improving boot times can be done in two ways: > > 1) Implement proper service dependency handling framework > 2) Implement ad-hoc service dependencies > > Second choice is obviously not kosher for all things BSD. > > *if* the first choice can be implemented into existing rc with > reasonable amount of work and non-intrusively, it could be a viable > approach. > > Otherwise it would make more sense to go ahead and implement a real > improvement over existing system. In my view, this is a similar issue to > what UFS2 had; rather breathe some life into old system without taking > much risks and have ZFS take over later as a real improvement. > > In any case, improving boot times is the very least significant benefit > from implementing service dependencies, especially for an OS such as > FreeBSD which isn't meant to be rebooted except during OS upgrade.
Sorry, but as it's been said in this list, there are several use patterns for FreeBSD. I use it in both a laptop and a PC and I boot them every time I want to use them. Believe it or not I don't like let them consuming energy and making noise during night, specially the laptop :) So please, let's assume FreeBSD has to be (re)booted from time to time and not only for OS upgrades or when it crashes. Also, in embedded systems, boot time is an important factor. > > -- > Atte Peltomäki > atte.peltom...@iki.fi <> http://kameli.org > "Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
