git: 6a97a446cd - main - 2023Q2 status report for boot performance
Colin Percival <[email protected]>
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The branch main has been updated by cperciva: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=6a97a446cd69503b47e9592b429a56ab6f4cca7f commit 6a97a446cd69503b47e9592b429a56ab6f4cca7f Author: Colin Percival <[email protected]> AuthorDate: 2023-06-25 19:21:16 +0000 Commit: Colin Percival <[email protected]> CommitDate: 2023-06-28 17:16:24 +0000 2023Q2 status report for boot performance Reviewed by: salvadore, calavilla, pauamma Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D40756 --- .../report-2023-04-2023-06/boot-performance.adoc | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2023-04-2023-06/boot-performance.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2023-04-2023-06/boot-performance.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d6f567498b --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2023-04-2023-06/boot-performance.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +=== Boot Performance Improvements + +Links: + +link:https://wiki.freebsd.org/BootTime[Wiki page] URL: link:https://wiki.freebsd.org/BootTime[https://wiki.freebsd.org/BootTime] + +link:https://www.bsdcan.org/events/bsdcan_2023/sessions/session/116/slides/44/BSDCan23-Firecracker.pdf[BSDCan talk slides] URL: link:https://www.bsdcan.org/events/bsdcan_2023/sessions/session/116/slides/44/BSDCan23-Firecracker.pdf[https://www.bsdcan.org/events/bsdcan_2023/sessions/session/116/slides/44/BSDCan23-Firecracker.pdf] + +Contact: Colin Percival <[email protected]> + +Colin Percival is coordinating an effort to speed up the FreeBSD boot process. + +Recent efforts have moved from EC2 to the Firecracker virtual machine manager, which provides a very minimalist environment; stripping the boot process down to the bare minimum makes it easier to identify the remaining time and determine whether it can be optimized further. + +With some experimental patches to both FreeBSD and Firecracker, it is now possible to boot a FreeBSD kernel in under 20 ms. + +Some of the recent improvements were discussed in Colin's recent BSDCan talk. + +This work is supported by Colin's FreeBSD/EC2 Patreon. + +Sponsor: https://www.patreon.com/cperciva