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Date:      Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:51:59 +0000
From:      Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
To:        David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD kernel init slower than linux
Message-ID:  <1299279119.2909.1.camel@core.nessbank>
In-Reply-To: <4D716372.2050606@gmail.com>
References:  <4D716372.2050606@gmail.com>

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On Fri, 2011-03-04 at 23:10 +0100, David Demelier wrote:

> Why FreeBSD is so slower than Linux to boot the kernel?

I think it's because no concerted effort has been put into optimizing
the boot time on FreeBSD. I tested a stripped-down kernel on my iBook G4
a while ago and it would boot in a couple of seconds - but that was
without any network card, USB support etc.

-- 
Bruce Cran




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