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This is overlapped with the start of the X server, but should complete as fast as possible to avoid interfering with it.

Work Items

• Remove sync calls from hdparm scripts (SteveLangasek done)

• Don't call ethtool on loopback device (SteveLangasek done)

• Remove HAL (ScottJamesRemnant)

• Migrate console setup to udev/upstart (ScottJamesRemnant)

• Migrate brltty to udev/upstart (Foundations Team)
• Migrate apparmor to upstart (Foundations/Security Team)

• Remove/migrate over cleanup screens as necessary (ScottJamesRemnant)

• Migrate default init scripts to upstart (ScottJamesRemnant)

• Investigate DKMS cost (Foundations Team)

• Investigate cost of dbus-uuidgen, is it regenerating every time, why is it taking .5s? (ScottJamesRemnant)

• Investigate mkdir calls (ScottJamesRemnant)

• DeviceKit-disks overhead (Martin Pitt)