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From: Michael Schreckenbauer <grimlog@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is grub2 stable and who uses it?
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On Tuesday, 4. October 2011 14:14:24 Canek Pel=E1ez Vald=E9s wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.=
com>=20
wrote:
> > On 2011-10-04, Canek Pel??ez Vald??s <caneko@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gma=
il.com>=20
wrote:
> >>> On 2011-10-04, Canek Pel??ez Vald??s <caneko@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>> That it's not true. It connects to whatever init system do you=

> >>>>>> have
> >>>>>> (OpenRC, SysV, systemd, Upstart),
> >>>>>=20
> >>>>> I'm curious: what if you don't have one? ??I use grub-legacy to=

> >>>>> boot
> >>>>> stuff other than Unix.
> >>>>=20
> >>>> When I said "it connects", I mean "calls". The same way it calls=

> >>>> whatever thingy Window uses.
> >>>=20
> >>> Right. ??And what about non-windows, non-Unix systems that don't
> >>> have
> >>> any thingy to call?
> >>=20
> >> Then you don't have an operating system.
> >=20
> > Yes, I do.
>=20
> Then any boot loader will need to call something to start it.
> Understand this: any Linux/Unix init system (systemd, SysV, Upstart,
> OpenRC) is simply a program... that the Linux kernel itself executes.=

> That's the init=3D command line in the kernel.

Correct, the *kernel* executes it.

Quoted from an earlier mail in this thread:

"That it's not true. It connects to whatever init system do you have
(OpenRC, SysV, systemd, Upstart)"

The kernel executes the initsystem, the initsystem takes care of the re=
st.=20
Care to explain, why grub2 needs to connect to (or call) the initsystem=
?

> Regards.

Best,
Michael