Time for a new Linux

[cbbrowne-HInyCGIudOg at public.gmane.org]

> Hi Chris, there is an article on "makefile based init" in the IBM=20
> developerWorks Sept issue entitled, "Boot Linux faster -=20
> Parallelize Linux system services to improve boot speed".  Its
> what you suggest, only the rub is that you have to evaluate the
> task dependencies beforehand.

Yes, I have read that article, which is a good one.

It's a given that someone has to evaluate task dependancies beforehand;
you need to encode that somehow.  The Makefile-based init is one
approach that uses familiar Unix tools.  david parsons (orc), maker of
the Mastodon distribution, created a scheme where services declare what
they need running, and automatically invoke what services aren't already
running, which is good, but doesn't automatically lead to the "make -j
20" approach to multitasking it.
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