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Rob Beard wrote: > > The catch is, it's been optimised for their embedded platform which is > aimed at use in vehicle systems (so car displays and satnav etc). > > Still, 1 second boot is pretty cool. All the fast boots are optimised for hardware, since looking around for hardware is slow, especially if you do it carefully, and drivers tend to assume long time outs, and long periods to wait for responses. The uncompressed kernel is interesting, I've often wondered why Linux seems so slow to uncompress the kernel, also it is usually quicker to read compressed files off disk and then uncompress them than read the whole file so something is odd here. Is something silly going on at that point? DHCP is also fun for desktop boxes, since the standard mandates a delay orders of magnitude larger than the response required for any network not running on carrier pidgeons. Intel got the EEE boot in 5 seconds, which I think is bordering on "good enough" for desktop use given the slow start to most monitors, for as long as you have them both on the same power switch. I think fast boot beats hibernate for most folks. Sure hibernate is useful, but restarting clears out the mess allows someone else to login easily etc. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html