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Subject: Re: Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)
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> Improving boot times can be done in two ways:
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> 1) Implement proper service dependency handling framework
> 2) Implement ad-hoc service dependencies

ZERO) Speed up kernel startup

With custom kernel containing only needed devices it is still a bit long.

rc.d/* things take trivial amount of time compared to kernel!


Anyway

-1) don't care in most cases. FreeBSD is rarely rebooted.