On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 01:44 -0300, José Queiroz wrote:
> >
> > I'm not sure what a solution is.  Part of it may be solved by distros 
> > offering,
> > or users posting instructions how to make, scaled down "light" versions of 
> > the
> > kernel, and udev rules, which will eliminate some of the bloat.

Static /dev ?


> That's a really interesting coincidence: I'm working on a very light
> kernel. I'll do the first "real" test tomorrow, with some P-150
> terminals. Any sugestions on how to measure the results are welcome.

ls -l

Sorry, couldn't resist, but seriously, smaller kernels boot faster. UPX
might make booting even faster.

Bootchart ( http://www.bootchart.org/ ) might be very useful. There is a
useful discussion at
http://www.gnome.org/~lcolitti/gnome-startup/analysis/





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