[Buildroot] [RFC 0/3] init: Add s6 as init system
Vadym Kochan
vadim4j at gmail.com
Fri Feb 8 12:20:23 UTC 2019
Hi Eric,
On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 04:31:51PM +0100, Eric Le Bihan wrote:
> Hi!
> On 2019-01-16 23:51, Vadim Kochan wrote:
> > Add new system init support (BR2_INIT_S6) based on s6 suite. This is very-very
> > basic support which does not have any setup automation logic (but only getty)
> > but it allows to install custom s6-rc services in a bit easier way by the
> > board. All s6-rc services which were copied by rootfs-overlay or post-build
> > will be compiled as s6-rc db into /etc/s6-rc/compiled-initial, which also has
> > /etc/s6-rc/compiled link to easy replace it in runtime.
> >
> > In case if such kind of change will be merged, then may be it would be good to
> > think about of some packages integration into s6-rc system.
> >
> > Vadim Kochan (3):
> > package/s6-linux-init: Build also for the host
> > package/s6-linux-init: Allow to install as init system
> > package/s6-rc: Allow to integrate s6-rc services
> >
> > package/s6-linux-init/s6-linux-init.mk | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > package/s6-rc/rc.init | 4 ++
> > package/s6-rc/rc.shutdown | 3 ++
> > package/s6-rc/s6-rc.mk | 32 ++++++++++++++++
> > system/Config.in | 9 ++++-
> > 5 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > create mode 100644 package/s6-rc/rc.init
> > create mode 100644 package/s6-rc/rc.shutdown
> >
> > --
> > 2.14.1
> >
>
> I worked on a s6-based init system eons ago [1], but without using a
> host variant of s6-linux-init.
>
> I'll test your patches.
>
> [1] https://github.com/elebihan/br2-ext-skarnet
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> ELB
Do you have any conceptual comments regarding this ? Also I think may be
it's better to have /etc/s6-rc into /etc/s6/rc.
Thanks!
Vadim Kochan
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