linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] driver-core: devtmpfs - driver core maintained /dev tmpfs

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Date:	Fri, 1 May 2009 08:53:42 -0700
From:	Chris Wedgwood <cw@...f.org>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver-core: devtmpfs - driver core maintained /dev
	tmpfs

On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 07:01:08AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:

> Right now it does, and it takes about 1-2 seconds to do so depending
> on the hardware.

The code I have only does block devices right now, but it could do
more.  Even if it was 10x slower it wouldn't be close to 1-2 seconds.

> Which is over double the time it takes to boot the kernel entirely
> these days, so it is quite noticable.

So the kernel takes 500-1000ms then?  That seems really high.

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