Fwd: 7.0 slow multiuser boot

Hi.

Can anyone compare the boot times for 6.1.5 and 7.0, on m68k machines other than Amiga?

I’d like to know if the performance problem observed by Frank is amiga-specific or every m68k port suffers from it.

Radoslaw

> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> Date: 25 January 2015 01:22:48 CET
> From: Frank Wille <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: 7.0 slow multiuser boot
> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.24.22; i486--netbsdelf)
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I did a comparison between a multiuser boot on NetBSD 6.1.5 and 7.0beta on
> a 68060/50MHz A4000. While /etc/rc finishes the multiuser startup with 6.1.5
> in one and a half minute, it needs nearly 9(!) minutes with 7.0!
> 
> What happened there?
> 
> I optimized the system to a maximum, with an 68060-kernel and 68060 userland.
> There are no 060 emulation interrupts anymore. makemandb is disabled.
> Still 8 and a half minute.
> 
> -- 
> Frank Wille