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Date:      Sun, 02 Feb 2025 13:39:27 +0200
From:      Sulev-Madis Silber <freebsd-current-freebsd-org111@ketas.si.pri.ee>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Adjustments to userland for a quieter startup (RC system)
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if i read what hellosystem did to whole init, i can't see how it could be i=
mplemented easily, nevermind it being default=2E they also disabled ttys an=
d everything

unsure what the solution would be here

there are number of custom fbsd inits, even i have it, with defaults unlik=
ely to be suitable for anyone except me=2E i have plans to take some of tha=
t and add as features to see if they would have use elsewhere

i never looked, can you disable kernel output too? someone suggested redir=
ecting output to serial where it disappears or using splashes=2E that, of c=
ourse hides everything=2E can't even debug errors=2E it's like windows syst=
em, if you ask someone to help you, they might ask what's on the screen, th=
en you say nothing, it just sits the with empty screen=2E then helper would=
 be like oh bummer too=2E it's all nice quiet and dumb

maybe there could be midpoint here=2E maybe some key or something=2E unsur=
e how it would work tho=2E as it goes from loader to kernel to init/multius=
er

i get the issue, just can't think of easy solution here that wouldn't piss=
 off others=2E by watching init, it's easy to spot setup errors=2E yeah, gr=
anted, if you even know what it all means

i'm thinking of what linux distros do=2E they are more common on laptops=
=2E i haven't heard them hiding all and nor do i hear massive complaints ab=
out "machine scribberish"?

who knows what the real solution is=2E patch init to hell and back, to inc=
lude all that=2E make special desktop overlay, so the granny won't ask son,=
 what's the wlan0?

remember, init still needs to be fast and usable after all this work and m=
aybe it can't be default=2E nevermind that current install is inherently un=
friendly and doesn't really allow one to boot into open firefox home page e=
asily=2E and who can make it happen, are unlikely to be bothered with messa=
ges

i get the problem tho

also, when people, maybe not on fbsd but else where, complained that it bo=
ots over a minute, how can it be=2E who even boots machines that much=2E th=
at was for servers=2E maybe laptops get booted nore often, esp=2E how the s=
uspend doesn't often work and nevermind to disk, that's not even implemente=
d=2E so people boot=2E also, is this recent or what=2E systems have booted =
for some time since forever=2E ok this is about time, not messages=2E maybe=
 times indeed need blank screens with nice images

i'm like, when i reboot android phone, i often wonder why does it shutdown=
 or init that long=2E i wish i could see, if i want, what it does=2E i bet =
here it's similar, how to, like, get messages if needed, all, of one wants,=
 and definitely any irrecoverable errors, eg failed storage or so

maybe i have use for it on my own even if somebody comes out with all arou=
nd good solution



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