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Date:      Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:21:16 +0100
From:      Olivier Smedts <olivier@gid0.org>
To:        perryh@pluto.rain.com
Cc:        rank1seeker@gmail.com, sendtomatt@gmail.com, dougb@freebsd.org, =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Edward_Tomasz_Napiera=B3a?= <trasz@freebsd.org>, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 8 to 9: Kernel modularization -- did it change?
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2012/2/18  <perryh@pluto.rain.com>:
> Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>> loading modules through loader.conf is
>> veeeeeerrrrryyyyyy sssssllllloooooowwwwww ...
>
> Is it noticeably slower to load (say) a 6MB kernel + 2MB of
> modules than to load an 8MB kernel? =A0If so, any idea why?

It has been *really* slower to load many files (modules) since I
switched to ZFS on root. I had to build a monolithic kernel to save
10-15s of loading time.

Now I use trasz@'s (CC'ed) patch to speed up the loader, and it seems
maybe as fast as with UFS. I don't know if the patch speeds up things
with UFS, but with ZFS it made a big difference.

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