Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 09:07:57 +0200 From: Lars Eggert <lars.eggert@netlab.nec.de> To: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Optimizing RCng execution speed ? Message-ID: <407CE34D.1070302@netlab.nec.de> In-Reply-To: <20040413200013.GC53327@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> References: <11095.1081621779@critter.freebsd.dk> <407B1EBC.6050405@freebsd.org> <407B234D.7070209@kientzle.com> <20040413160331.GM6308@numachi.com> <20040413200013.GC53327@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Peter Jeremy wrote: > As a general comment on this thread, my feeling is that optimising > boot speed is not the most productive use of scarce developer time > at present (though I agree it can be annoying if you need to reboot > regularly to test fixes). If someone wants to have a look at this, > the place to start is to profile the complete system during startup > and see where the time is going. Along the same lines: I find that on recent hardware, the device probing performed by the kernel actually takes longer than running through the rcNG scripts after. So that might be a target for optimization as well (or instead.) Lars -- Lars Eggert NEC Network Laboratories [-- Attachment #2 --] 0 *H 010 + 0 *H 0?0 0 *H 010 UZA10UWestern Cape10U Cape Town10U Thawte Consulting1(0&UCertification Services Division1$0"UThawte Personal Freemail CA1+0) *H personal-freemail@thawte.com0 030717000000Z 130716235959Z0b10 UZA1%0#U Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.1,0*U#Thawte Personal Freemail Issuing CA00 *H 0 Ħ<UsUNʙZhup[v:aQP 0cZ,p+Z?qV˯<6$*+w=+>@dקe*TH<a@dr` 00U0 0CU<0:08642http://crl.thawte.com/ThawtePersonalFreemailCA.crl0U0)U"0 010UPrivateLabel2-1380 *H HP. fgCL!6-6/P p<ab:~ t%Pb'qW%ݩ9 Oe_N4[5MwV!x!5$F]_eO0Z0àS0 *H 0b10 UZA1%0#U Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.1,0*U#Thawte Personal Freemail Issuing CA0 031215123128Z 041214123128Z010 UEggert1 0U*Lars10ULars Eggert1(0& *H lars.eggert@netlab.nec.de1"0 *H lars.eggert@gmx.net0"0 *H 0 ֦|f(9}r*:kNDN(;1Yf-,4qRYTo$Rv @%vRD8(m WyڲDYv!Pi,),L4 d=kU胏wH>$:1=m.O)/]%әzLʶrmiD-I8;>?X#%|sŷ87(7)wt;#Ǘ3<'G^[ w0u0*+e!0 00L2uMyffBNUbNJJcdZ2s09U200lars.eggert@netlab.nec.delars.eggert@gmx.net0U0 0 *H x+t>
