<div dir="ltr">On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 9:32 PM, William Park <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:opengeometry@yahoo.ca" target="_blank">opengeometry@yahoo.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Didn't our monolithic Linux kernel went through the same type of "fire"?
If the forged outcome is better faster replacement of "init", then I
don't mind, as long as it's documented properly, with tutorial, manpage,
and reference. I have to learn this damn thing...<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Our monolithic kernel is monolithic in the kernel driver sense, meaning that drivers run in kernel space rather than user space. But the kernel is still modular. You can choose to compile without drivers for hardware you don't have, and even if they are available in your system, you only load the modules you need.<br>
<br></div><div>It would be an analogy if loading driver A, required subsystem B, which required daemon X, which has a hard dependency on Z.<br><br>If systemd was only "a faster init replacement with simpler unified daemon syntax", then there would be no criticisms at all towards it. But it is not just that. <br>
<br>Scope creep and Inner System Syndrome galore ...<br></div></div>-- <br>Khalid M. Baheyeldin<br><a href="http://2bits.com" target="_blank">2bits.com</a>, Inc.<br>Fast Reliable Drupal<br>Drupal optimization, development, customization and consulting.<br>
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. -- Edsger W.Dijkstra<br>Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. -- Leonardo da Vinci<br>For every complex problem, there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -- H.L. Mencken<br>
</div></div>