On Sun, Aug 01, 1999 at 02:31:15PM +0200, Jonas Steverud wrote: > > Debian Potato. > > When I boot, init prints out "INIT 2.74" (?) and then it stops for > 10-20 seconds and then continues with "NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 > for Linux NET4.0." which takes another 5-10 seconds. Anyone who knows > why this happens? Is it trying to get some information from somewhere > or what? Before I changed to the 2.2.10-kernel (see other thread) this > did not happen. Or is it perfectly normal? >
Unix domain sockets are a special type of file that can be read and written to, to gain all of the advantages of sockets without the overhead of TCP/IP. X and its font servers use them, as well as xmms and mysql (right off the top of my head..probably lots of others). In the Debian kernel_image_2.2.10, unix domain sockets are compiled in as a module and kmod is loading them as a module because some daemon that is starting needs them. On my system, I see that 108 things are using unix domain sockets. My smallest system here is a P-150, but I'll agree that there is a noticable boot-time delay when loading this module. In discussion right now on debian-devel is the idea of using ash instead of bash for /bin/sh. Since ash is faster/uses less memory than bash, it could significantly decrease the bootup time of your system. -- Stephen Pitts [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster - http://www.mschess.org
