On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 05:18:54PM +0200, Harald Hoyer wrote: > Hello, > > some of you may have read some wiki pages about the plans for the new init system [1]. As a first step in > this direction [2], I packaged prcsys from Mandriva, patched initscripts with a very small patch, and uploaded > the src.rpm to [3]. To enable parallel booting just build and install both packages and edit > /etc/sysconfig/init. Set PARALLEL_STARTUP=yes and there we go. > > The next step would be to modify all initscripts in /etc/init.d to be LSB compliant [4]. This will speed up > booting, because they can and will be started in parallel. You should file bugzillas against the component, to > which this initscript belongs, with a patch (this has to be done anyway to be LSB compliant in regards to > initscripts over time). Especially the exit codes need to be fixed (which will make status queries a lot > easier and more robust). > > Early login [5] is also a next step towards a "fast boot" user experience. > > Alternatives to SysVInit (like upstart/initng) can live in Fedora as well, but we are very conservative in > changing the startup mechanism that proved to function for a long time now. Unless the "real" killer feature > is absolutly needed, we would like to keep backwards compatibility as long as possible. > > I hope many of you try and test [3] and write patches to improve our service initscripts to be LSB compliant > :-) Parallel booting is the reward. > > Happy testing, > Harald > > [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FCNewInit > [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FCNewInit/RC > [3] http://people.redhat.com/harald/downloads/initscripts/parallel/ > [4] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FCNewInit/Initscripts > [5] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FCNewInit/xdm > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: smime.p7s > Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature > Size: 3623 bytes > Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature > Url : https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/attachments/20070622/1a38ff1b/smime.bin > > ------------------------------ > Is it something like the script attached? If so then that'll be a really great idea. #----------------------------------------------------------------------- #/bin/bash # NAME: forfastboot # PLACE: /root/bin/ # AUTHOR: vikram goyal <vikigoyal@xxxxxxxxx> 230407 # # The file is to be called as: # The first time call is the filename itself and then its through service call # # service staggered start # # So that these services load up in the background & save boot time # [ -z "$STLOG" ] && STLOG=/dev/tty # DEBUGGING #echo \$1=$1 >> $STLOG SERVICEDIR=/etc/init.d SERVICENAME=staggered addchkserv() { # ADD/CHK THE SERVICE # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # If service file has changed copy the new one. If it does not # exist yet make a new one. if [ -f $SERVICEDIR/$SERVICENAME ]; then fchk=`mktemp` createserv $fchk [ -n "`diff $fchk $SERVICEDIR/$SERVICENAME`" ] && \ /sbin/chkconfig --del staggered && \ mv -f $fchk $SERVICEDIR/$SERVICENAME setperms else createserv $SERVICEDIR/$SERVICENAME echo service staggered added. setperms fi } addlogrotate() { if [ ! -f /etc/logrotate.d/$SERVICENAME ]; then eval cat >/etc/logrotate.d/$SERVICENAME <<EOF /var/log/$SERVICENAME.log { weekly notifempty missingok } EOF fi } addservnames() { # Add the sample file staggered services names list in /etc/sysconfig servicesnames=`cat /etc/init.d/staggered|grep servicesnames=|cut -d = -f2` if [ ! -f $servicesnames ]; then eval cat >$servicesnames <<EOF # # Services to be staggered by STAGGERETIME in seconds. # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STAGGERTIME=7 # # The services mentioned here should be in the right priority # as mentioned in chkconfig. # # This is the list of services which one may want to stagger now # or in future. So include any service which you want staggered. # # In general no service should be here below around 25 start priority # STAGGERED_SERVICES=' 26: lm_sensors 55: cups 58: ntpd 60: apcupsd 61: clamav 65: dovecot 80: sendmail spamassassin 88: nasd 95: jexec 98: avahi-daemon wine 99: smartd ' # # This is the services list which tells staggerd to stay away. # # 1} Service may not be in use at the moment. # 2} Temporarily you may want it out of staggerd. # # NOTE: One must switch on the service if it was staggered but # has been excluded and you want to use it. # EXCLUDE=' lm_sensors cups apcupsd dovecot sendmail spamassassin nasd jexec avahi-daemon wine smartd ' EOF echo $servicesnames was created. >> $STLOG fi } setperms() { /bin/chmod +x $SERVICEDIR/$SERVICENAME /sbin/chkconfig staggered on } createserv() { # Create service file in /etc/init.d/ eval cat >$1 <<EOF #!/bin/sh # # chkconfig: 2345 99 2 # description: This is modification of boot process. It staggeres \\ # the boot services mentioned in /etc/sysconfig/staggered # Source function library. . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions [ -f /etc/sysconfig/staggered ] && \ export servicesnames=/etc/sysconfig/staggered name='staggered' exec='/root/bin/forfastboot' lockfile="/var/lock/subsys/\$name" export STLOG=/var/log/staggered.log RETVAL=0 start() { echo -n \$"Starting service staggered: " #if [ -f \$lockfile ]; then # echo_failure # echo # return #fi \$exec servicecall & > /dev/null 2>&1 #touch \$lockfile echo_success && echo } stop() { echo -n \$"Stopping service staggered: " #rm -f \$lockfile echo_success && echo } case "\$1" in start|stop) \$1 ;; restart) stop start ;; *) echo $"Usage: \$0 {start|stop|restart}" exit 1 ;; esac exit \$RETVAL EOF } START () { FN="$1" R=`/sbin/runlevel|cut -d ' ' -f2` echo -e "\n\t`date`\nSTART:" >> $STLOG # DEBUGGING #echo \$R=$R >> $STLOG for x in $STAGGERED_SERVICES do [ -n "`echo $x|egrep [0-9]\{1,2\}:?$`" ] && continue echo >> $STLOG [ ! -f $SERVICEDIR/$x ] && echo "error: file $SERVICEDIR/$x not found" >> $STLOG && continue [ -n "$EXCLUDE" ] && \ [ -n "`echo $EXCLUDE|grep -w $x`" ] && echo "service $x in exclude list" >> $STLOG && continue # Switch off the service. We will manage it ourselves. /sbin/chkconfig $x off >> $STLOG 2>&1 & unset C C=`cat $SERVICEDIR/$x|grep chkconfig|tr '[ ]' '[:]'|tr -s '[:]'|cut -d ":" -f3|grep [\-$R]` # DEBUGGING #echo \$C=$C \$R=$R >> $STLOG # Since the service x has been turned off. Check if it is supposed # to run in this level. If yes start it. if [ -n "$C" ]; then if [ -n "`echo $C|grep \-`" -a -z "`echo $R|grep [2345]`" ]; then echo "$R not one of 2,3,4,5 :$x not started" >> $STLOG continue fi /sbin/service $x status >> $STLOG 2>&1 && continue [ $? -gt 0 ] && \ ( /sbin/service $x start >> $STLOG & 2>&1; sleep ${STAGGERTIME}s ) else echo "error: $x not to start in $R" >> $STLOG fi done rm -f "/tmp/$FN" echo -e "\n\t`date`\nEND:" >> $STLOG } if [ -n "$servicesnames" ]; then . $servicesnames else # Not called from service file. It may not exist yet. addchkserv addservnames addlogrotate fi if [ -f "$1" ]; then # Tmp lock file has been created, so call the function. [ -z "$STAGGERTIME" ] && STAGGERTIME=7 # DEBUGGING #echo "loop \$1=$1 exe" >> $STLOG START $1 exit 0 elif [ "$1" != servicecall ]; then echo "call $0 from service staggered." exit 1 fi LF=`mktemp` touch "$LF" || exit 1 $0 "$LF" & exit #----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- vikram... |||||||| |||||||| ^^'''''^^||root||^^^'''''''^^ // \\ )) //(( \\// \\ // /\\ || \\ || / )) (( \\ -- My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's. -- Oscar Wilde -- ~|~ = Registered Linux User #285795 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
