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Sl<\/strong><\/td> Feature<\/strong><\/td>Systemd<\/strong><\/td>Thunder<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>Init Script\/Service format<\/td>Config Files (ini) <\/td>Json files<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>Main dependencies<\/td>Dbus<\/td>wpeframework plugins launcher<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>Standalone Init system<\/td>Yes<\/td>Need another Init system to launch Thunder<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>Running as Daemon<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>Cross service dependencies\/events<\/td>yes<\/td>No<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>Parallel service startup<\/td>Yes<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>License<\/td>LGPL v2.1+<\/span><\/td>?<\/td><\/tr>
8<\/td>Filesystem mounting<\/td>.mount units<\/td>not supported<\/td><\/tr>
9<\/td>Initial service launcher<\/td>systemd<\/td>Initd\/busybox init<\/td><\/tr>
10<\/td>RDK service launcher<\/td>systemd<\/td>WPEFramework plugins launcher<\/td><\/tr>
11<\/td>Total memory consumption (RPI)<\/td>80M<\/td>73M ?<\/td><\/tr>
12<\/td>logging<\/td>systemd-journald<\/td>\/var\/log\/messages<\/td><\/tr>
13<\/td>Ability to support multiple log files<\/td>via journal filters<\/td>Not supported<\/td><\/tr>
14<\/td>Support for runlevels<\/td>targets<\/td>Not supported<\/td><\/tr>
15<\/td>Zombie processes<\/td>Processes can be configured for oneshot
 and there are no zombie occurances<\/td>		The processes that gets froked is becoming <\/s>
zombies after startup<\/s><\/td><\/tr>
16<\/td>Open issues<\/td>
<\/td>		Multiple instances of WPEFramework getting launched in some cases<\/s><\/td><\/tr>

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<\/td>
<\/td>		WPEFramework gets terminated abnormally under certain conditions<\/s><\/td><\/tr>

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<\/td>		“Monitor” plugin needs to support PluginLauncher processes<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/div><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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