Re: Linux mdadm superblock question.

[david]

On Wed, 17 Feb 2010, Nick Bowler wrote:

> On 13:17 Wed 17 Feb     , david@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > 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.
>
> This was the *only* time that was included.  Quoting myself:
>
> > It takes about half a second for mdadm to assemble my root array

sorry, I misunderstood, I thought you were referring to the time added by 
using the initramfs itself.

David Lang
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