Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 15:17:20 -0800 From: David Brodbeck <gull@gull.us> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD kernel init slower than linux Message-ID: <AANLkTinh=FSQTQYuJfWKWLDs2hH-cg75vtzY4ZbrtkaZ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1299279119.2909.1.camel@core.nessbank> References: <4D716372.2050606@gmail.com> <1299279119.2909.1.camel@core.nessbank>
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On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> wrote: > 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. I think that's correct. There was a concerted effort to optimize boot time on Linux once people started to run it on netbooks, where fast booting is a big deal. FreeBSD concentrates mostly on servers, and no one really cares how long it takes a server to boot because you don't boot them very often...
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