From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jim Crilly Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 05:53:26 +0000 Subject: Re: [OT] speeding boot process (was Re: [ANNOUNCE] hotplug-ng 001 Message-Id: <4216D456.5000307@why.dont.jablowme.net> List-Id: References: <20050211011609.GA27176@suse.de> <1108354011.25912.43.camel@krustophenia.net> <4d8e3fd305021400323fa01fff@mail.gmail.com> <42106685.40307@arcor.de> <1108422240.28902.11.camel@krustophenia.net> <524qge20e2.fsf@topspin.com> <1108424720.32293.8.camel@krustophenia.net> <42113F6B.1080602@am.sony.com> <1108430245.32293.16.camel@krustophenia.net> <20050217183709.GA11929@ncsu.edu> <20050217191826.GB14147@rikers.org> In-Reply-To: <20050217191826.GB14147@rikers.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Chris Larson Cc: linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Wouldn't it be sufficient to have an applet in your UI (or dialog, > depending on your preference), which communicates with init and displays > the final initialization steps? Don't check your email until it says it has > started the services for email. So now instead of watching the boot messages or bootsplash you want to watch an icon on the task bar? In both cases you're just sitting and waiting on things to start, so why is waiting in one place better than another? > -- > Chris Larson - kergoth at handhelds dot org > Linux Software Systems Engineer - clarson at ti dot com > Core Developer/Architect - BitBake, OpenEmbedded, OpenZaurus Jim. ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel