On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Auke Kok <[email protected]> wrote: > On 08/02/10 11:09, Greg KH wrote: >> >> On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 10:48:47AM -0700, Auke Kok wrote: >>> >>> However, I haven't had enough time yet thus far, and some of the >>> methods used by systemd don't look that compatible with smartphones >>> just yet. >> >> In what way are the methods not compatible with Linux on a phone? > > well, I'm not saying they aren't, but I'm having doubts whether the method > of starting daemons in parallel while they all wait-and-block for > dependencies will work, and provide the speedy boot needed on low-power > devices. One of my fears is that something that needs to start early will > get pushed back by other less-important applications doing tons of IO, or > consuming CPU time etc. A major concern for smartphones. > > Another major concern is that we need a sort of "charge mode" override where > the device shuts down all services and only runs enough software to power > the battery until it gets enough charge. I haven't specifically looked at > systemd enough yet to find an answer on that question yet.
I would suggest emailing or joining the systemd list and asking those questions, upstream seems interesting in making it mainstream for all devices so I'm sure they'd be able to answer those sorts of questions or be happy to help or accept patches to implement them. Peter _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
