Writing my own init with Go

Re:Writing my own init with Go by zettahash on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @12:25PM (#11066958)

Using Go even earlier in the boot stage in an initramfs (as a replacement for tools like dracut) crossed my mind recently. Go's statically linked binaries and fast builds make this particularly appealing to me. With (a lot of) work you could forego busybox entirely.

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Re:Writing my own init with Go by loudmax on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @12:33PM (#11067023)

Good point about static linking. Though Go's big fat binaries count against it as a busybox replacement in areas where storage space is a premium.

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