2 Finit is a reimplementation of the Eeepc "fastinit" program based on its
3 system calls with gaps filled with frog DNA.
5 Finit's purpose is to build upon the general workings of fastinit and
6 improve/optimize it for Xandros or alternative distributions running on
7 the Eeepc. Finit comes in three flavors: finit is a replica of the Asus
8 fastinit, finit-mod is an improved drop-in replacement for fastinit,
9 and finit-alt is a generic replacement for other systems. Finit-mod
10 and finit-alt were much improved with patches from Metalshark.
12 See more information at http://helllabs.org/finit/
18 1. Replace the original Eeepc 702 fastinit (finit-mod)
20 2. Allow fast booting in alternative Linux distributions running on the
21 Eeepc and other netbooks (finit-alt)
24 Finit-alt is distribution-specific. Currently it generates a finit-mdv
25 executable for Mandriva 2008/2008.1 systems. Smurfy ported it to
26 eeeXubuntu, and parts of his port have been merged to finit-alt.
32 Finit-alt reads configuration information from /etc/finit.conf. See
33 the source code for available options.
39 Finit handles SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2 for reboot and halt, and listens to
40 /dev/initctl so standard Linux reboot and halt commands should also
47 Add finit_debug to the kernel parameter line to enable trace messages
48 and to run a shell after the X server.