From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([2001:6f8:1178:4:290:27ff:fe1d:cc33]) by canuck.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.76 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1RDWPu-0002zW-KQ for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:06:23 +0000 Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:06:16 +0200 From: Robert Schwebel Message-ID: <20111011070616.GM18273@pengutronix.de> References: <20110308071058.GB22012@jasper.tkos.co.il> <4DE1E2FA.1090907@wellsense-tech.com> <20110529063350.GB32378@jasper.tkos.co.il> <4DE1F253.4050504@wellsense-tech.com> <20110529072803.GE32378@jasper.tkos.co.il> <4E9148E5.6070102@wellsense-tech.com> <20111010044451.GA28707@sapphire.tkos.co.il> <4E93E4F4.8040604@wellsense-tech.com> <20111011065419.GL18273@pengutronix.de> <4E93E8CB.1040504@wellsense-tech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4E93E8CB.1040504@wellsense-tech.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: barebox-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: iMX35 3stack framebuffer problem To: Boaz Ben-David Cc: "barebox@lists.infradead.org" On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 08:57:15AM +0200, Boaz Ben-David wrote: > The kernel size is almost 5MB (it includes an initramfs). > > 8 seconds are from the time I call "bootm uImage" and until the init script in > the initramfs kicks in. > > If I can seriously shorten this time I will be glad to know, maybe there's > something I missed. Do you really need such a big image? Making things as small as possible in the first place and load everything that's possible at a later time is a good strategy for quickboot scenarios. The elinux reference is a good one for boot time reduction. Their wiki has a long list of possibilities. rsc -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox