[RFC] console_init.c in i18n module

[RFC] console_init.c in i18n module

[Amadeusz Żołnowski]

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Hello everyone,

I'm trying to find a way to make i18n distro independent or at least
more flexible.

Module 10redhat-i18n depends on two programs from RH initscripts
package: console_init and console_check.  Those tools are called by udev
and if we deliver just keymaps and few things like loadkey we're fine.
But… console_* are RH specific stuff (included in initscript package).
I see two easy approaches:

    * Putting its sources into Dracut tree beside switch_root.c.
      They don't depend on any library, so it should be easy.
    * Rewrite as a shell script (but it's redundant work if the first
      way is OK).

Moreover console_check isn't installed by Dracut at all, but it's in
default “10-console.rules” rule.  This tool just setup speed for serial
console which we do by kernel params, so I guess we can skip it.  In
that case modified 10-console.rules should be delivered inside i18n
module.

What do you think about it?


Cheers,
Amadeusz Żołnowski

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Re: [RFC] console_init.c in i18n module

[Harald Hoyer]

On 06/14/2010 08:31 AM, Amadeusz Żołnowski wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm trying to find a way to make i18n distro independent or at least
> more flexible.
>
> Module 10redhat-i18n depends on two programs from RH initscripts
> package: console_init and console_check.  Those tools are called by udev
> and if we deliver just keymaps and few things like loadkey we're fine.
> But… console_* are RH specific stuff (included in initscript package).
> I see two easy approaches:
>
>      * Putting its sources into Dracut tree beside switch_root.c.
>        They don't depend on any library, so it should be easy.
>      * Rewrite as a shell script (but it's redundant work if the first
>        way is OK).
>
> Moreover console_check isn't installed by Dracut at all, but it's in
> default “10-console.rules” rule.  This tool just setup speed for serial
> console which we do by kernel params, so I guess we can skip it.  In
> that case modified 10-console.rules should be delivered inside i18n
> module.
>
> What do you think about it?
>
>
> Cheers,
> Amadeusz Żołnowski
>

I would be happy, if we had a shell replacement, or a small rewrite without the 
libglib (huge lib only referenced by console_init).