some changes for (slightly) faster boot

[Roberto Peon]

This sounds good.. And generally, configuration is tiny, so keeping it around
isn't generally a problem from that end.

-Roberto JP

--- Michael Favia <michael.favia at insitesinc.com> wrote:

> Bill Nottingham wrote:
> > Jeff Spaleta (jspaleta at gmail.com) said: 
> > 
> >>>  This allows hardware probing to be done only once; the specifics of
> >>>  where/how kudzu is run in this setup may be tweaked slightly - the
> >>>  initscript may be moved. kudzu also runs without interaction
> >>>  now, and just does the configuration of whatever it finds.
> >>
> >>Does this mean kudzu will remove and unconfigure whatever it doesnt
> >>find without interaction  as well?
> > 
> > 
> > Yes. Hence, a large shaking out period.
> > 
> 
> While the addition and removal of the hardware that is present makes 
> sense, the unconfiguration (read: data loss) of that hardware's profile 
> does not. Is there not (or shouldn't there be) a mechanism to cache the 
> configuration of the devices so that the customizations made to them is 
> retained when they are plugged back in? This system would provide the 
> benefits of both models (speed, statefulness) without the draw back of 
> either (boot speed, digital decay) IMO.
> 
> Should the user really want the device to "reset" when it is 
> unplugged/poweredoff at restart and then reinstalled later would be to 
> somehow manually clear the cache. Which is a much less frequent activity 
> i hope.
> 
> 
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