On Wednesday 06 July 2011 01:43, Laurent Bercot wrote: > > It would be really nice to be able to make my /etc/inittab say something > > like: > > > > AUTO::respawn:/bin/login -f root > > > > and have busybox query the kernel for the first console, then fill in > > "AUTO" with the appropriate device name. > > You can easily script that. Boot into a script that generates > a proper /etc/inittab then executes into "busybox init". Adding > specific code to busybox for this only amounts to bloating it. > > > > I see that in Linux 2.6.38+, there is a new > > /sys/class/tty/console/active attribute that could be used to > > implement this. systemd init is already using it to start getty on > > the active serial console. > > systemd is a wonderful example of how not to design an init process.
Author of systemd is a control freak. He wants to add everything humanly possible (fsck, klog, syslog, selinux, tcpwrap and literally a dozen more things) in that tool, and force it on everybody. No wonder he wants it to be the init process... -- vda _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
