Re: 7.0_RC1 slow boot

[Frank Wille <frank%phoenix.owl.de@localhost>]

Alan Barrett wrote:

> It's not just checking whether a pid is alive, it's checking whether
> the PID represents a shell running /etc/rc, to guard against pids being
> recycled.  That part is probably unnecessary.
>
> I can also reduce the number of times _have_rc_postprocessor is called.

Thanks. I can make comparison tests on some classic hardware, as soon as a
new patch is available.

I think this would be quite important to fix for 7.0, as it affects all
hardware with a weaker CPU. And NetBSD runs on a lot of this hardware
(embedded, NAS, etc.).

-- 
Frank Wille