Nicolas Williams writes: > On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 01:59:48PM -0600, Tom Whitten wrote: > > The proposed SMF Early Manifest Import (EMI) project will solve these > > problems. startd will run EMI before any services are started, and EMI > > will import manifests and cleanup services that have been removed. EMI > > will allow a new location for manifest and profile files in /etc/svc. > > Since this is part of the root filesystem, it will be available in the > > earliest stages of the boot process. > > So all manifest delivery will move from /var/svc to /etc/svc? Or just > some (e.g., those for services that don't depend on filesystem-minimal > and manifest-import)?
Services that require the advantages of early manifest import will be required to move their manifests to /etc/svc. /var/svc will still be supported, but service developers will be encouraged to move their manifests over time. We plan to move the ON manifests, but 3rd party services and non-ON cosolidations will probably continue to deliver manifest into /var/svc for some time to come. > > And manifest import will be done on tmpfs, with the repository later > copied back to /, therefore it will be fast, right? That is correct. > > Just curious, > > Nico > --
