RE: Debian loads too many modules at boot
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gokul Poduval [mailto:poduval@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 10:43 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Debian loads too many modules at boot
> Hello,
> I am running Debian Sarge. Whenever Debian boots, it loads
> almost every modules present in /lib/modules/kernel-number.
> This causes boot times to be in the rage of 5 minutes for me.
> I think discover is casuing this. Has anybody managed to
> reduce boot time, while still having some hardware detection
> ? Discover loads up modules that do not even relate to my hardware.
> Just for kicks, here is the output from lsmod I have now
> Module Size Used by
> binfmt_misc 11592 1
<snip>
> aec62xx 7296 0 [permanent]
> pdc202xx_new 9088 0 [permanent]
> ide_core 132236 28
> ide_cd,ide_generic,via82cxxx,trm290,triflex,slc90e66,sis5513,s
> iimage,serverworks,sc1200,rz1000,piix,pdc202xx_old,opti621,ns8
> 7415,hpt366,ide_disk,hpt34x,generic,cy82c693,cs5530,cs5520,cmd
> 64x,atiixp,amd74xx,alim15x3,aec62xx,pdc202xx_new
> unix 28724 297
> fbcon 38336 0
> font 8256 1 fbcon
> bitblit 5568 1 fbcon
> vesafb 7768 0
> cfbcopyarea 3904 1 vesafb
> cfbimgblt 2944 1 vesafb
> cfbfillrect 3520 1 vesafb
> Gokul
I had the same problem with my custom compiled kernels when I used an initrd
image. Try booting without an initrd image (make sure your root fs is
compiled into the kernel not as a module).
Patrick.
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