[Buildroot] [RFC 0/3] init: Add s6 as init system
Eric Le Bihan
eric.le.bihan.dev at free.fr
Sun Jan 20 15:31:51 UTC 2019
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,
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ELB
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