Re: [PATCH] Driver Core: devtmpfs - kernel-maintained tmpfs-based /dev

[Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>]

On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 11:28:05 -0700
Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> > and Arjan (who is doing about the fastest Linux boot anyone has and
> > has better data than anyone else)
> 
> We did this work based on Arjan's work.  It solves a problem that
> Moblin has as well, which is why Novell is using it for their
> Moblin-based images they are shipping.  It makes things go faster,
> with a simpler userspace codepath, and we have the numbers as have
> been previously posted.

Uhm.

> > plus 
> > 
> > > Eric has shown that just making the nodes is 0.06 seconds with
> > > todays sysfs interface, and there is room for improvement,
> 
> A 0.06 speedup is still a speedup, right?  :)

it really is only this much.
Do we need to post the program again that we use to make all dev nodes
based on sysfs ? Including the flexibility to have non-default owners
and permissions?



 
> Seriously, we saw much more than that, about 0.5 what I last
> remember, Kay?

I would find that hard to believe, there isn't 0.5 on the table
any which way you look at it.


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