Re: [MirageOS-devel] Lifecycle

[Nick Betteridge <lists.nick.betteridge@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 14/07/16 18:10, Daniel Bünzli wrote:
> Le jeudi, 14 juillet 2016 à 17:53, Nick Betteridge a écrit :
>> My Atmel Zigbit modem is currently strapped to my cubieboard - when I
>> destroy the unikernel, the radio carries on singing. Is that what
>> you're asking, or are you talking about modem management in general?
>>  
>> Incidentally, another use-case for STOP is for overwriting anything left
>> on a BLOCK device with zeros.
> 
> I don't think you'll need to convince anyone about the usefulness of 
> start/stop.  
> 
> To me restart is the contentious, since 1) It may be technically hard to 
> support in certain contexts 2) I think it may lead to develop systems that 
> are less reliable than they could be.  
> 
> My rationale behind 2) is that first it multiplies the code paths and 
> potential need to share spaghettis between stop and restart. Second booting 
> is still an operation fraught with uncertainties, so your restart may 
> actually end up formally being a stop... Since you have to deal with that 
> idea anyway I'd say it's better not to support a restart event.
> 
> Best,  
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 

Yes, very true.

Best
Nick

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