[linux-dvb] Re: Reducing Linux booting time

[Johannes Stezenbach <js@convergence.de>]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 05:45:56PM +0530, Vidya Srinivas wrote:
> 
>   I am working on a Set Top Box with Montavista linux as my OS. Somehow i
> should get my initializations done i.e, linux should boot and my
> application should run within 5 seconds, where as linux booting itself
> is taking to around 10 seconds. I have removed even the default kernel
> boot statements (printk). It is not helping me much. More delay is
> taking when mounting the file system. I am using jffs2 filesystem
> (/dev/mtdblock3).

This is off-topic here, but we use a cramfs root and mount a writable
jffs2 partition and we see no noticable mount delays. Kernel boots
in 2..3 seconds, +2 for uncompressing.

Maybe your ROM is too slow. Ask MV for help.


Johannes


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