[email protected] (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> I have an encrypted root. When GRUB asks me for my passphrase, it takes
> 5–10 seconds after I hit enter before it displays the menu; then, once
> I’ve selected an entry, it takes another 5 seconds or so to boot.
>
> It’s always been this way for me (that’s on UEFI), but I’m sufficiently
> annoyed to write this message today. :-)
>
> Are others experiencing this as well? Any hints?
I also use a LUKS-encrypted root partition, and the same thing happens
to me. I would guess that the cryptographic operations in GRUB are not
well optimized, but I haven't looked closely.
Mark
