Proposals

Boot and Init track

This miniconf is focused on the linux init system, improving boot speed, and init infrastructure including upstart, systemd, udev, among others.

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Proposals for this track

* Beyond init: systemd

systemd is a new system and session manager for Linux which is currently being adopted by the Fedora and OpenSUSE distributions as default init system.
Boot and Init 08/13/2010
Lennart Poettering, Kay Sievers

* Boot and Init

Early initialization and alternatives to traditional unix init. "Wiki":http://wiki.linuxplumbersconf.org/2010:early_boot_and_init_systems "Etherpad":http://etherpad.osuosl.org/lpc2010-boot-and-init
Boot and Init 07/12/2010
Kay Sievers

* bootchart2 - what is going on ?

Come hear about the somewhat less-lame boot-charting solution.
Boot and Init 09/10/2010
Michael Meeks

* Dracut - a generic initramfs infrastructure

Introduction of a initramfs generation tool, which creates a general purpose udev event based initramfs.
Boot and Init 07/19/2010
Harald Hoyer

* Remote booting over iSCSI and FCoE: The past, the present, and the future.

This presentation shows the unique challenges with remote booting a system over iSCSI and FCoE storage protocols on Linux, lessons learned from past implementations, and future directions.
Boot and Init 08/16/2010
Supreeth Venkataraman