On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 11:09:13AM +0200, Alexander Graf wrote:
>
> On 19.07.2010, at 11:06, Gleb Natapov wrote:
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> > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:00:04AM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> >>
> >> virt-install is another program that uses explicit -initrd.
> >>
> > Installation takes a lot of time. Saving 1 second there will not be
> > noticeable. And during lifetime of installed VM initrd will be loaded
> > from its disk.
>
> Guys, please. It shouldn't be one or the other. Let's make sure both ways of
> doing things are fast. That's what users want: fast.
>
That what we are talking about, no? We are trying to find faster way to
load kernel/initrd and stay architectural. Honestly I would expect much
greater speedup from Richard's approach like 2 seconds vs 8 seconds. It
is hard to justify code complication just for 1 second speedup.
--
Gleb.
