Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:07:46 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, des@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/rc.d early.sh Message-ID: <20071012090746.GA72088@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <902.1192082681@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0710101744420.8687@qbhto.arg> <902.1192082681@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 06:04:41AM +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0710101744420.8687@qbhto.arg>, Doug Barton writes > : > > >If you truly want to run something literally before everything else, we'd > >have to create something new, which perhaps is what you were getting at > >above. Before we add such a thing though, I'd like to get an idea of why > >it would be needed. > > I originally added /etc/rc.early to have a way to do things that > needed to happen before fsck, such as arming watchdogs, tweaking > drive parameters or get crypto key material necessary for filesystem > access. > > None of these things seems necessary today. So maybe nuke it so people won't accidentally use it again? ./danfe
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