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Bug#763695: console-setup: even worse than assumed



Hi Eduard,

Eduard Bloch <bloch@unix-ag.uni-kl.de> (2015-08-22):
> Package: console-setup
> Version: 1.132
> Followup-For: Bug #763695
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> inspired by the recent talk about systemd utilities I analyzed my boot
> process on my lower-level laptop (CPU is ok but the harddisk is plain
> old mechanic thing). And it's even worse than in jak's original report,
> it spends 5s there and the HDD seems to be pretty busy.
> 
> Just have a look at it:
> https://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~bloch/.wearetheborg/
> 
> $ wc -l log
> 23053 log
> $ grep ioctl log | wc -l
> 14035
> OVER 9000 ioctls! Are you kidding me?
> 
> $ grep 'open\|read\|stat' log | wc -l
> 3881
> OVER 3000 filesystem related syscalls. That all is needed to just
> configure the console? Seriously?
> 
> Please find a way to cut down this activity, there must be a way to
> do that.

Patches welcome.


KiBi.

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