Re: Linux mdadm superblock question.

[david]

On Wed, 17 Feb 2010, Nick Bowler wrote:

> On 10:41 Wed 17 Feb     , david@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > On Wed, 17 Feb 2010, Nick Bowler wrote:
> > > It takes about half a second for mdadm to assemble my root array, is
> > > that what you're referring to?
> > >
> > > I assume that kernel auto-assembly is no faster, although I've never
> > > used it.  Regardless, half a second isn't very long to wait.
> >
> > If you are aiming for a 5-second boot time it's 10% of your total boot
> > time. That's a lot for a feature that's not needed.
>
> Only if the kernel auto-assembly takes zero time, which it obviously
> does not.

the assembly time would probably be the same, but the initramfs being 
proposed did not include that time either.

David Lang
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