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On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Alexander Chekmarev |
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<chekmarev.alex@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> I found so many attempts to improve boot time on various linux distros. |
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> There are utils, such as initng, (s)readahead, and bootchart which can be |
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> used to improve loading time. And there already attempts on gentoo, like |
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> http://www.bootchart.org/samples.html#Gentoo. Jeremy Olexa have tried make |
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> something out of this and it looks very impressive. |
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> http://blog.jolexa.net/tag/fastboot/ |
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> I don't know if this project will require a lot of coding, only if some soft |
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> is not fully supports gentoo(I am not sure). Thus, this project could be |
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> expanded by adding some guide or wizard for users to have complete system |
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> tuning(not manually). But in GSoC we have only three month, so I should |
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> reduce the work could be done. |
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> Bios loading time could be decreased by open bioses replacing |
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> proprietary(however, in theory). |
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> The project also would require working readahead on gentoo which could take |
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> some time. More concrete timeline and results which should appear after |
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> three month I will post soon. |
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> Best, |
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> Alex Chekmarev |
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Just a few points. |
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-Upstream for sreadahead is *very* unresponsive and perhaps even |
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stagnant. I do not know the state of v1.0 on 2.6.29 kernels, if it |
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even works. |
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-Don't send html email to mailing lists =P It ends up looking like |
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this: http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-soc/msg_2c42ae43ab41dc963af1ae80371022a7.xml |
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-Jeremy |
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