Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 17:37:09 -0400 From: Diane Bruce <db@db.net> To: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com> Cc: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD-arch list <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Illumos/OpenSolaris SMF to FreeBSD Message-ID: <20160611213709.GA7314@night.db.net> In-Reply-To: <201606112115.u5BLFmOL088454@slippy.cwsent.com> References: <pfg@FreeBSD.org> <b626122e-8b77-91ff-d481-11849c6b81fd@FreeBSD.org> <201606112115.u5BLFmOL088454@slippy.cwsent.com>
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On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 02:15:48PM -0700, Cy Schubert wrote: > In message <b626122e-8b77-91ff-d481-11849c6b81fd@FreeBSD.org>, Pedro > Giffuni wr > ites: > > Hi Cy; > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > What are people's thoughts about porting Illumos Service Management > > > Facility (SMF) to FreeBSD? The Solaris SMF didn't replace their init(8), > > > it's started by their init(8) through inittab -- we could use ttys or > > > replace init. > > > > > > > Is this something that could live in ports ... at least for a while? > > It appears there are many options and it's great to be able to choose, > > but I doubt we want to compromise right now on which, > > > > > Like DTrace and ZFS, SMF is CDDL. Does that matter? > > > > Yes, everything matters. As with all weak-copyleft, a requisite is > > that it cannot be made mandatory. > > I wasn't aware that this was an issue to some vendors. db@ and I discussed > it very briefly on IRC. I suppose it could be made optional however that > would mean every start-up script would need to be duplicated in both > environments and that doesn't make any sense. As nice as it would be, it's > probably not meant to be. bleh. how about an OPEN SMF ? ;) > > Having said all that, I don't think that Apple's launchd was meant for > servers or the enterprise, not to mention they closed-sourced it. We > probably have to write our own. > > > -- > Cheers, > Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> > FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD.org> Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org > > The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few. > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- - db@FreeBSD.org db@db.net http://www.db.net/~db
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