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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: Need to start a C (control LEDs) early in boot process - 7350
From: "Steve M" <>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:22:07 -0000
That worked great. Thanks. It still takes about a minute to get to that point 
on boot, but that will have to work.

Steve

--- In  Jim Jackson <> wrote:
>
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2011, Steve M wrote:
> 
> > I have a small C program that starts flashing LEDs on a 7350. I'd like 
> > this to start as soon after boot as possible. I boot to SD. I tried 
> > adding it in linuxrc-sdboot but that didn't work (could have been the 
> > wrong place). I can add it to /etc/init.d (rc2.d) with a low number, but 
> > that's later than we'd like.
> > 
> > Does anyone know if or how this can be started earlier?
> 
> What script does init start? It should be in the /etc/inittab file.
> Stick the command in that script at the beginning. However beware,
> the program must act as a daemon. There is a function provided to help do 
> this, see 
> 
>   http://linux.die.net/man/3/daemon
>




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