[indiana-discuss] reducing the number of services started at boot

[Dave Miner]

Glynn Foster wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> Dave Miner wrote:
>>>     legacy_run     17:22:09 lrc:/etc/rc3_d/S52imq
>>>     legacy_run     17:22:09 lrc:/etc/rc3_d/S80mipagent
>>>     legacy_run     17:22:09 lrc:/etc/rc3_d/S84appserv
>>>
>>>
>>> I would make an effort to port all this legacy_run services to SMF. 
>>> Indiana goal #654: No legacy in the main repositories! ;-)
>>>
>> We could certainly use more energy devoted to completing the SMF
>> conversion, so there's something people could work on.
> 
> Anyone want to write up a quick description of what's necessary so I can post to
> 
>   http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/tasks/
> 
> [Now's a *great* time to add value as Dave mentioned]
> 

The mechanics of the conversion process is outlined at 
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/content/selfheal/sdev_intro.html.  Getting 
the conversion integrated into OpenSolaris will usually require using 
the request-sponsor mechanism after all that's done.

Dave