From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 4 22:39:00 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E689D1065674 for ; Fri, 4 Mar 2011 22:38:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pldrouin@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 754F08FC24 for ; Fri, 4 Mar 2011 22:38:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn33 with SMTP id 33so2715707iwn.13 for ; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:38:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=B2CNDtRv9taIUdPapsgeIu/R5FD4dLBJ5hoiphm19Jc=; b=DWVQJrczkMmnwOZbAK5BnuX2B5mOo7KqgR4jBP/1mLjIMEd3U7ktVje1/3UqfNXJpm 9v+bcV+8td08w0CMkwTkES04m6tnWhgIH5QTvHB36YLmt1GLUzva8RvG8NoyQxMxzS3y oYwteLk8BXObLe0o1eN/l/58dA3wkqgV5CEQg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=EHyuIl7Gj2BPR9YNAEIVa1YwXlihGDcvxupl+KqNo/3nipAUX8H7ruO7l8kB5K91Mh E357KxpuhZxDBvwmsso3lapTKG/Err/L95Ma2lHfUg8RY+sTRIGD5zF+O50Ot/qmYbKS TD0RLI88qcQOuptj1tKYc9nKqNpEfu38hApFI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.127.72 with SMTP id f8mr821451ibs.21.1299278338291; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:38:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.40.4 with HTTP; Fri, 4 Mar 2011 14:38:58 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4D716372.2050606@gmail.com> References: <4D716372.2050606@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 17:38:58 -0500 Message-ID: From: Pierre-Luc Drouin To: David Demelier Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD kernel init slower than linux X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:39:00 -0000 I guess part of it must have something to do with how the devices are identified by the FreeBSD kernel vs linux. I know also that when using a ZFS boot partition, it takes a lot longer to my system to boot compared to UFS... On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 5:10 PM, David Demelier wrote: > Hello, > > I know this is a awful subject, but I recently tried a Gentoo on my laptop > and I was surprised to see Linux booting about 2-3 times faster than > FreeBSD. > > I don't talk about the init/rc script but only kernel initialisation. For > linux kernel it's around 5-6 seconds vs 15-18 seconds for FreeBSD. > > Why FreeBSD is so slower than Linux to boot the kernel? > > Cheers, > > -- > David Demelier > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >