From dff1ffd8cca0cf454a084336ef51cbd80139f65e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mattias Andrée Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 01:50:38 +0100 Subject: info: overview and invoking MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée --- doc/info/chap/overview.texinfo | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc/info/chap/overview.texinfo') diff --git a/doc/info/chap/overview.texinfo b/doc/info/chap/overview.texinfo index 85d90c9..17a8f86 100644 --- a/doc/info/chap/overview.texinfo +++ b/doc/info/chap/overview.texinfo @@ -1,5 +1,15 @@ @node Overview @chapter Overview -@command{sleeping-getty} +@command{sleeping-getty} waits until a selected +virtual terminal is brought to the foreground. +Then, or if the process started with this +virtual terminal in the foreground, the process +changes image to a getty program. + +This is used to save CPU cycles during boot +to get a smoother boot, which is important if +your getty program does a lot of things, or if +your computer is not too powerful. It also +reduces the memory footprint. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2