Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

[Garrett Cooper]

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Richard Yao <ryao at gentoo.org> wrote:
> On 06/19/2012 04:12 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Richard Yao <ryao at gentoo.org> wrote:
>>> On 06/19/2012 12:50 PM, Doug Barton wrote:
>>>> On 6/18/2012 4:05 PM, Richard Yao wrote:
>>>>> Doug, we already have OpenRC implemented. You can install Gentoo FreeBSD
>>>>> in a jail, install regular FreeBSD in another jail and do your own
>>>>> performance comparisons.
>>>>
>>>> Bzzzzzzzzt! Thanks for playing. :)  You're the one proposing the change,
>>>> YOU get to do the performance comparisons. If you want a rough idea of
>>>> what I personally would consider to be a robust test, don't hesitate to
>>>> ask. I'm sure others would have ideas as well.
>>>
>>> Would you elaborate on what you consider to be a robust test? I really
>>> have no idea.
>>
>>     It might be an ok smoke test, but it's hardly a realistic
>> test/comparison as the pseudo startup for a jail and a real system
>> aren't close to being the same (this is in part because of how jails
>> function).
>
> Would you elaborate on what you consider to be acceptable? Honestly, I
> am not certain if you will appreciate any tests unless you do them yourself.

Change /etc/rc to use OpenRC in the base system.
-Garrett