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glaucus Linux

s6-linux-init

  • Run s6-linux-init-maker in build:
Terminal window
sudo s6-linux-init-maker -c /etc/s6/current -L -f /etc/s6/skel someRandomDir
  • Do not use -G "agetty -8 -a root -L tty1 115200" for early getty because we want tty1 to depend on hostname (to use it with different kernels that might hardcode hostname)
  • Use higher baudrates 115200 over 38400 for faster data transfer
  • Do not use -n and -N with s6-linux-init-maker as we have a clean initramfs
  • Do not use -1 with s6-linux-init-maker because it pollutes /dev/console
  • Do not use -f /etc/s6/skel with s6-linux-init-maker if s6-linux-init has already been configured; on glaucus
  • s6-linux-init-maker does not create early utmpd scripts anymore and users are expected to handle utmpd with wtmpd (first thing in stage 2)
  • We have a new -V boot_verbosity for s6-linux-init-maker which adds -v boot_verbosity to s6-linux-init (Default is 1, which means that only important warnings will be printed. Increasing this value may yield more, but usually harmless, warning messages.)
  • There is no test suite