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Ziga Mahkovec ziga.mahkovec@klika.si wrote:
http://www.klika.si/ziga/bootchart/bootchart-rhgbfix.png (boot time: 0:46, yay)
Hmmm.
What happens to overall boot time if rhgb and dhclient is disabled, with and without readahead?
Both rhgb and dhclient seem like they can be optimized individually — so their contribution to overall boot time can be disregarded while studying the rest of the boot process — and given the relative runtime and order of readahead vs. the following processes, readahead looks like it may be wasted here.
Also interesting would be a graph of a minimal boot — disable all nonessential services; portmap, rpc, gpm, cups, etc. — into text console. It'd reduce the “noise” in the graph and might reveal something interesting about the remaining processes.
Oh, BTW, what is that apparent zombie of S04readahead_early? Just a timing issue with the sampling?
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