[systemd-devel] systemd efi boot and default entry

Vasiliy Tolstov v.tolstov at selfip.ru
Fri Apr 1 10:11:39 UTC 2016


2016-04-01 13:08 GMT+03:00 Jóhann B. Guðmundsson <johannbg at gmail.com>:
> I dont see how you plan on implement this if not with either a secondary
> program loader which stores an redundant environment or an kernel support
> that does the similar/same thing I mean you need to have a watchdog
> support,boot counter  which get's cleared when system decides it's up and
> stable,boot limit which tells it how many times it should try with an given
> entry, an entry which points to which kernel/image/snapshot to use right?
>
> I'm pretty sure Kay and Lennart must have thought things through so they
> just dont add just some half ass, none future proof, working solution that
> give administrators and embedded distribution fake notion of redundancy or a
> "fail-safe" when images and or kernel or the OS itself get's
> update/upgraded.
>
> If this cannot or will not be reliably implemented there is no point in
> implementing this in the first place from my pov.


In my POV - provide systemd service file that started after all stuff
(may be this is systemd --user service or something like this) .
I think that successful start - run my preferred DE.

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Vasiliy Tolstov,
e-mail: v.tolstov at selfip.ru


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