linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/6] module, kbuild: Faster boot with custom kernel.

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Message-Id: <1236352543.6594.59.camel@andreas-laptop>
Date:	Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:15:43 +0100
From:	Andreas Robinson <andr345@...il.com>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, sam@...nborg.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/6] module, kbuild: Faster boot with custom kernel.

On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 16:18 -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:47:10 +0100
> Andreas Robinson <andr345@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> the only thing I can say (the graphs are a bit complex to read) is that
> you are loading a LOT of very expensive modules that bring you no
> functionality.

Well, yes. It is the generic Ubuntu kernel booting in all its bloaty
glory. :) But this is what most users are stuck with. The distro vendors
won't change their ways because they want their stuff to run on
anything.

So I'm not trying to build a custom kernel just for me. I want to find
ways to have any distro optimize itself to boot in 5-10 seconds on any
computer it has been installed on, without manual configuration. 

> Also I'd love to have seen the scenario where the modules were just
> build into the kernel; that gives usually a more reliable indication of
> what is going on...

Alright, I'm on it.

Cheers,
Andreas


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