i notice that every time it startup, the dependency of services are scaned and checked, which take about 2~3 seconds. i wonder is this a step that can be cut off? also, is /etc/init.d/modules neccesary?
On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 14:44:03 -0500 (EST) Tianran Chen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | is there anything i can do to make it even faster? 10s will be my > | goal. thanks for any idea! > > *** WARNING: UNSUPPORTED HACK BELOW *** > Edit /etc/conf.d/rc and screw around with some of the settings. In > particular, RC_PARALLEL_STARTUP will probably be a benefit on laptops > (lots of CPU and terrible I/O). You may also gain from (ab)using the > tmpfs settings (again, sucky I/O). > > These settings are quite possibly broken. > *** END HACK *** > > Also, aim for a nice small kernel without modules. Cut out all the junk > you don't use, look at the embedded options and maybe consider some of > the patches from the -tiny tree. > > -- > Ciaran McCreesh > Mail: ciaranm at gentoo.org > Web: http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
