Greg Freemyer wrote:
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Claudio Freire <klaussfreire@gmail.com> wrote:
With those symlinks, a script would only break if run from an initrd script, before /usr is mounted. Is that your case Linda? If not, I think you should file a bug report.
Claudio,
Linda is running without a initrd at all, but with a separate / and /usr. As of 12.2 that is no longer a supported config, thus bugzilla is not the way to go.
She is arguing that for 12.3, that config should be supported again.
AIUI, she has offered some reasonable to me arguments, but they are based on the user self-compiling a kernel without the use of modules, so it's a relatively small install base I would guess that does that.
That's not what I would suggest. I have mentioned it in passing but could see how it might easily have been missed... Most users wouldn't know how to do this. I would see optimizing the kernel for your machine as an option that users could select in yast (or similar). It would select the modules on initrd for inclusion in a kernel -- builds it and installs it -- just like DKMS modules need to be custom built on the end-user's site for their environment. Unless a user is switching out HW on a regular basis, a given system will be fairly stable -- and they could go months after compiling that kernel with no initrd. That technology was something that was already in place at major unix vendors (Sun, SGI) 20 years ago -- if you wanted to optimize your boot time, you had the option of running a script that would install a non-portable OS -- built just for your setup that would be installed for subsequent boots. It wasn't a requirement to do it -- but it did make booting about 33% faster. Users didn't have to know anything "technical" to click on a button to run the script. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org