Chris Cheney writes: >> Herbert's attitude that things that are currently done in kernel >> space that can be done in user space instead should be done in user >> space is all well and good, I have no major problem with it, other >> than the fact that the wheel has already been invented in a lot of >> cases with it being done in kernel space, and Herbert being >> insistent that it be done in user space isn't always the most >> practical.
> Its always been the attitude that things that can be done in > userspace should be done in userspace. Note that bootsplash isn't in > the "kernel" otherwise you wouldn't need Herbert to apply a > patch. Even devfs is going away now and being replaced by a > userspace daemon, udev. Also Caldera's gui bootup was done in > userspace using a special init (iirc). That said I would really > like Debian to have a prettier bootup, I just agree with Herbert > that it should be done right. In the past it has been done in > userspace so it seems that it is possible to do it right in > userspace. IIUC, doing it right requires quite a lot more work than using the existing kernel-based, and arguably "wrong" approach. Is it then not an option to adopt the existing kernel-based approach temporarily, until someone invests the work required to do it right ? cheers domi
