Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:16:20 +0200 From: claudiu vasadi <claudiu.vasadi@gmail.com> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: Ian Lepore <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>, Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Boot Times Message-ID: <CAM-i3ig2QSDRqu-eTNEjdBFURVCQ7qFom=Utg-_XbkzNoMh5gA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgng%2BY=egdiZ_kT4UTt5nVbEAA1-TsmmvZh7WpOLc40dwg@mail.gmail.com> References: <4FD66F7E.2060404@brandonfa.lk> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206130909310.73934@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <1339593689.73426.8.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <201206132155.22111.hselasky@c2i.net> <CAF6rxgng%2BY=egdiZ_kT4UTt5nVbEAA1-TsmmvZh7WpOLc40dwg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 10:58 PM, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote: > On 13 June 2012 12:55, Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> wrote: > > On Wednesday 13 June 2012 15:21:29 Ian Lepore wrote: > >> On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 09:10 +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >> > > Greetings, > >> > > > >> > > I was just wondering what it is that FreeBSD does that makes it > take so > >> > > long to boot. Booting into Ubuntu minimal or my own custom Linux > >> > > distro, literally takes 0.5-2 seconds to boot up to shell, where > >> > > FreeBSD takes about 10-20 seconds. I'm not sure if anything could be > >> > > parallelized in the boot process, > >> > > >> > mostly kernel time. > >> > > >> > > Note: This isn't really an issue, moreso a curiosity. > >> > > >> > true. system that never crash are not often booted > >> > >> An embedded system may be booted or powered cycled dozens of times a > >> day, and boot time can be VERY important. Don't assume that the way you > >> use FreeBSD is the only way. > >> > >> -- Ian > > > > Try setting: > > > > sysctl hw.usb.no_boot_wait=1 > > Can you explain in a bit more detail what this does and why it isn't > default? > > > -- > Eitan Adler > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > If you simplky do "sysctl -d hw.usb.no_boot_wait" you will see the explanation ;) -- Best regards, Claudiu Vasadi
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