Re: [boot-time] RFC: proposal for boot-time tools github repository

On Wednesday, 30 October 2024 at 09:22:09 Bird, Tim <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a few tools that I plan to publish over the next little while.
> 
> Some of these might make their way into the kernel 'scripts' directory, but some
> others of these might not be appropriate to add there.
> 
> So I'm  thinking of putting together a repository of boot-time related tools
> for people to play with.  Here's a sample of one tool that I find handy:
> ----
> #!/bin/sh
> # sort-initcalls.sh - sort the initcalls by duration
> 
> if [ -z "$1" -o "$1" = "-h" ] ; then
>     echo "Usage: sort-initcalls.sh <dmesg file>"
>     exit 1
> fi
> 
> grep "initcall.*after" $1 | sed "s/\(.*\)after\(.*\)/\2 \1/g" | sed "s/\r//" | sort -n
> ----
> See https://elinux.org/Initcall_Debug for details.
> 
> For tools on their way upstream, this would serve as a development repository
> where different ideas and techniques can get hashed out.
> 
> So, does anyone have alternative ideas for hosting such tools, or comments on
> this approach?

Sounds fine, at least from the perspective of a developer not so much expert
on the whole mainline development flow (like me).

Were you thinking of using the Github PR method to accept contributions?

Greetings,

Francesco