[ale] compiled system calls versus shell scripts

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

Christopher Bergeron wrote:
> Does anyone know if I would get a speed increase in my startup scripts
> by converting them to a binary?  Essentially, I'm trying to reduce my
> boot time by running my startup commands in parallel.  I stripped my
> startup scripts down to 1 file and I've appended the & on most of the
> commands (modprobes, ifconfig eth0 up, etc) in an attempt to speed
> things up.  But what I'm wondering is if I create a simple C program
> that just does:
> void main() {
>  system("modprobe whatever &");
>  system("ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.4 &");

All this is going to do is invoke a shell for you.  You're adding 
overhead, not reducing it.

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