Replacing rc(8) (Was: FreeBSD Boot Times)

Wojciech Puchar wojtek at wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl
Wed Jun 20 14:20:43 UTC 2012


> The last time concurrent rc patches where proposed I measured boot time
> on my laptop (running 8.2-RELEASE i386 IIRC): out of 45 seconds from
> power on to login prompt, 20-25 where spent in rc, and parallel
> execution of it shaved off 7 seconds from boot time.
>
> I'm also seeing similar breakdown on VirtualBox: rc subsystem
> consistently takes about 40-50% of boot time. This is on a system with a
> static IP and where only sshd is started (even sendmail is disabled).

strange but with static IP it takes maybe 3 seconds without any 
modifications.


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