init observations

[Bill Nottingham]

Dimi Paun (dimi at lattica.com) said: 
> I'm talking about modprobe. I agree, not a bit problem
> (~2.5s), but I was wondering if we can start X before it.
> I mean, things should work out correctly in face of
> hotplug events anyhow, so why don't we delay modprobing
> until after we start X, and treat them as hotplug events?

a) because X is dumb, and doesn't handle hotplug devices
b) becuase it really shouldn't take *that* long

Bill