[systemd-devel] [PATCH] RD_TIMESTAMP: support the value being set from /proc/uptime

[Lennart Poettering]

On Thu, 25.08.11 22:59, Tom Gundersen (teg at jklm.no) wrote:

> This is useful to be able to use systemd-analyze with initrd's that don't
> have systemd support. In particular, Arch's initrd exports RD_TIMESTAMP
> on this format. I also believe dracut falls back to this when systemd-timestamp
> is not present.

When I wrote this I was thinking about allowing the /proc/uptime format
for this, but decided against it for a number of reasons. Instead I
preppaed systemd-timestamp for inclusion in initrds. I am not a fan of
allowing too many variables in the game where they bring no clear
benefit. Hence my question: why? Why can't your initrd simply include
systemd-timestamp in the image, the same way we do it on dracut? (the
binary has no deps, so there's nothing stopping you really).

Lennart

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