I've noticed that compiling your kernel with things built in instead of them being modules speeds up the boot time a lot. Try compiling your kernel without modules and remove all the statments that load modules into the kernel from your boot scripts.
By the way, I am making a psuedo-set top box. I work at a company that does professional video links using DVB-T technology (for studios and such). I want to use Monta Vista, but my company doesn't want to pay for it right now. I'm using Redhat 9 because I know it best.
How big will your box be? What contries will your box be sold in?
Just curious.
-Brian
-----Original Message-----
From: Vidya Srinivas [mailto:vidya.s@bpltelecom.com]
Sent: Thu 7/24/2003 5:15 AM
To: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org
Cc:
Subject: [linux-dvb] Reducing Linux booting time
Hi,
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).
Can anyone help me in increasing the speed of linux boot.
Regards,
Vidya.S
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