On Wednesday, 30 October 2024 at 09:22:09 Bird, Tim <Tim.Bird@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have a few tools that I plan to publish over the next little while. > > Some of these might make their way into the kernel 'scripts' directory, but some > others of these might not be appropriate to add there. > > So I'm thinking of putting together a repository of boot-time related tools > for people to play with. Here's a sample of one tool that I find handy: > ---- > #!/bin/sh > # sort-initcalls.sh - sort the initcalls by duration > > if [ -z "$1" -o "$1" = "-h" ] ; then > echo "Usage: sort-initcalls.sh <dmesg file>" > exit 1 > fi > > grep "initcall.*after" $1 | sed "s/\(.*\)after\(.*\)/\2 \1/g" | sed "s/\r//" | sort -n > ---- > See https://elinux.org/Initcall_Debug for details. > > For tools on their way upstream, this would serve as a development repository > where different ideas and techniques can get hashed out. > > So, does anyone have alternative ideas for hosting such tools, or comments on > this approach? Sounds fine, at least from the perspective of a developer not so much expert on the whole mainline development flow (like me). Were you thinking of using the Github PR method to accept contributions? Greetings, Francesco
