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by rwmj 3733 days ago
This is quite a coincidence. Last week I've been trying to track down why our Linux kernel takes so long to boot (where "so long" = about 1 second), and using "ignore_loglevel initcall_debug" has been a lot of help.

Here is a typical trace showing initcall timings. It's helpful to download it and use `less -r' to view so you can see the ANSI colours:

http://oirase.annexia.org/tmp/min-seabios.txt

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can you explain, what change you made and what improvements you observed?