Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

[Garrett Cooper]

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Richard Yao <ryao at gentoo.org> wrote:
> On 06/19/2012 12:50 PM, Doug Barton wrote:
>> On 6/18/2012 4:05 PM, Richard Yao wrote:
>>> Doug, we already have OpenRC implemented. You can install Gentoo FreeBSD
>>> in a jail, install regular FreeBSD in another jail and do your own
>>> performance comparisons.
>>
>> Bzzzzzzzzt! Thanks for playing. :)  You're the one proposing the change,
>> YOU get to do the performance comparisons. If you want a rough idea of
>> what I personally would consider to be a robust test, don't hesitate to
>> ask. I'm sure others would have ideas as well.
>
> Would you elaborate on what you consider to be a robust test? I really
> have no idea.

    It might be an ok smoke test, but it's hardly a realistic
test/comparison as the pseudo startup for a jail and a real system
aren't close to being the same (this is in part because of how jails
function).
Thanks,
-Garrett