linux-kernel - Re: long boot delays caused by 070ad7e7 floppy change

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Message-ID: <m2ipe4bo5c.fsf@firstfloor.org>
Date:	Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:11:43 -0700
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Calvin Walton <calvin.walton@...stin.ca>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	shemminger@...tta.com
Subject: Re: long boot delays caused by 070ad7e7 floppy change

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> writes:
>
> Doing it asynchronously like Andi does helps a bit,

I think it would be more effective if the floppy driver initialized
earlier, I think I have some slowdown because it starts too late.

> but I suspect we
> could make the reset timeout shorter still just to make the initial
> "you don't have a floppy drive" code go faster.
>
> That said, why even compile in the floppy driver any more?

I used to boot simulators from make fdimage some time ago. Until
the kernels got too large :-)

But yes make isoimage is the way to go and

I'll remove it from my configs.

Thanks for the debugging.

-Andi

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ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only
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