[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Re: system architecture

[From: Kimmo.Hamalainen at nokia.com]

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: maemo-developers-bounces at maemo.org
> [mailto:maemo-developers-bounces at maemo.org]On Behalf Of ext 
> Jakob Praher
> Sent: 03 June, 2005 20:31
> To: maemo-developers at maemo.org
> Subject: [maemo-developers] Re: system architecture
...
> i for myself am a debian user for over 6 years now. - i am working
> exclusively on debian for all my desktop stuff. so i have some
> experiences in that. IMHO a general purpose/vanilla debian distro will
> not be perfect for that job. I would concenctrate on a streamlined
> version, perhaps using an asynchronous init.d (like initng) for
> instance. this implies changing the debs, since the debs use 
> the general
> purpose init.d right now. perhaps one could build an autmated
> translation from the existing scripts files towards a faster process.

We considered this, but it seems that the CPU is already almost fully used
in sequential startup sequence, so we wouldn't benefit from starting things
in parallel. Other thing is that many programs need to be started before
others, and thus parallel model would probably involve waiting for programs
etc. complications in a greater extent than now.

BR, Kimmo