Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 24 Dec 2005 22:38:12 +0100 (MET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: Possible Bootloader Optimization in inflate (get rid of unnecessary 32k Window) |
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>> > Right. And the time to perform that one copy is exactly...? >> > >> > I doubt that it is a significant percentage of the whole operation. >> >> Well Yes I agree, I guess also it isn't. Its roughly the time you need to >> copy 1 MB memory around. > >I would think this would be a welcome optimization for embedded >platforms even if not included in mainline. Embedded platforms >often dont have very fast memory, but nevertheless are >required to boot ASAP.
Do old i386s count? I've got one that ran 2.6.11 perfectly (even w/o -tiny), but kernel decompression is what took most time. (At 3.00 bogomips, the world looks quite different!)
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