From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Aoty4-0003OI-0P for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 05 Feb 2004 16:35:36 -0800 Received: from erizo.shearer.org ([210.10.97.33] helo=shearer.org) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.30) id 1Aoty3-0004ft-KN for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 05 Feb 2004 16:35:35 -0800 From: Dan Shearer Message-ID: <20040206003759.GY4203@erizo.shearer.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Subject: [uml-devel] mconsole telinit design, worry about init standards? Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 11:07:59 +1030 To: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: miquels@cistron.nl I've got a rough implementation of an mcsonole telinit command, where mconsole_kern opens /dev/initctl and sends a command to change runlevels. Some small changes in arch/um/mconsole_kern.c. This raises a question about UML design. UML shouldn't be dependent on any specific program running inside the VM. In this case, /dev/initctl is implemented by the init usually found on Linux systems, from the sysvinit package by Miquel van Smoorenburg. But is this too specific? I have the impression that close to zero Linuz distros install any other init, but I don't have good evidence. Perhaps Miquel can comment on this. I have looked for a standard definition of what communication mechanisms init should have but haven't found anything so far. -- Dan Shearer dan@shearer.org ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel