Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:21:30 -0800 (PST) | From | david@lang ... | Subject | Re: Linux mdadm superblock question. |
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On Wed, 17 Feb 2010, Nick Bowler wrote:
> On 13:17 Wed 17 Feb , david@lang.hm wrote: >> On Wed, 17 Feb 2010, Nick Bowler wrote: >> >>> On 10:41 Wed 17 Feb , david@lang.hm wrote: >>>> On Wed, 17 Feb 2010, Nick Bowler wrote: >>>>> It takes about half a second for mdadm to assemble my root array, is >>>>> that what you're referring to? >>>>> >>>>> I assume that kernel auto-assembly is no faster, although I've never >>>>> used it. Regardless, half a second isn't very long to wait. >>>> >>>> If you are aiming for a 5-second boot time it's 10% of your total boot >>>> time. That's a lot for a feature that's not needed. >>> >>> Only if the kernel auto-assembly takes zero time, which it obviously >>> does not. >> >> the assembly time would probably be the same, but the initramfs being >> proposed did not include that time either. > > This was the *only* time that was included. Quoting myself: > >> It takes about half a second for mdadm to assemble my root array
sorry, I misunderstood, I thought you were referring to the time added by using the initramfs itself.
David Lang
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