Hi, > > The command line I used is: > > > > x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 --enable-kvm \ > > -kernel /boot/vmlinuz-4.0.7-300.fc22.x86_64 \ > > -L pc-bios/optionrom/ \ > > -bios roms/seabios/out/bios.bin -nographic > > Thanks. One thing that immediately pops up is that even though > "-nographic" is used, it looks like QEMU still emulates a VGA device > and that device has an option rom that takes several milliseconds to > init the display hardware. Adding "-device VGA,romfile=" to the qemu > command line will further reduce the boot time by avoiding this > hardware init delay.
Same goes for the NIC btw. cheers, Gerd
