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← Older revision		Revision as of 06:33, 28 October 2011
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	[[Category:Boot Time]]		[[Category:Boot Time]]
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 *[[Timing_APISpecification]] - requirements (and specification?) for a simple API to support bootup timing measurements
 *see also [[Instrumentation_API]] for some background research on this API
-*[[Calibrate Delay Avoidance Specification]] - avoiding the cost of calibrate_delay()
+* Calibrate Delay Avoidance Specification - avoiding the cost of calibrate_delay()
 *[[IDE_No_Probe_Specification]] - force kernel to observe the IDE "noprobe" command line option
 *[[IDE_Preempt_Specification]] - change IDE busywaits into preemptible timeouts

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 == Pre-Linking and Lazy Linking ==
- - see this excellent paper for an overview of dynamic linking issues:
+*see this excellent paper for an overview of dynamic linking issues: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~mwh/papers_DB/ieee_computer97.pdf
- http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~mwh/papers_DB/ieee_computer97.pdf
 === Others ===
+*http://www.bootsplash.org/
- - http://www.bootsplash.org/
+*http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5907201615.html - any [[FSM Labs]] folk have pieces of this?
- - http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5907201615.html - any [[FSM Labs]] folk have pieces of this?
 [[Category:Boot Time]]

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 === Kexec ===
- - Kexec is a system which allows a system to be '''rebooted''' without going through BIOS.
+*Kexec is a system which allows a system to be '''rebooted''' without going through BIOS. That is, a Linux kernel can directly boot into another Linux kernel, without going through firmware.  See the white paper at: http://devloper.osdl.org/rddunlap/kexec/whitepaper/kexec.pdf
- That is, a Linux kernel can directly boot into another Linux kernel, without going through
+*here's another Kexec white paper: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-kexec.html?ca=dgr-lnxw04RebootFast
- firmware.  See the white paper at: http://devloper.osdl.org/rddunlap/kexec/whitepaper/kexec.pdf
- - here's another Kexec white paper:
- http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-kexec.html?ca=dgr-lnxw04RebootFast
 == Pre-Linking and Lazy Linking ==

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 == External projects ==
 === De-serialized user-space service startups (RC scripts) ===
- - IBM article on on using Makefile techniques to express dependencies between services
+*IBM article on on using Makefile techniques to express dependencies between services and support parallel service start.  See http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-boot.html?ca=dgr-lnxw04BootFaster
- and support parallel service start.  See
+* Richard Gooch project to rewrite boot script system from scratch.  Eliminates lots of BSD and SYS V-isms, and introduces dependencies.  See http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rgooch/linux/boot-scripts/
- http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-boot.html?ca=dgr-lnxw04BootFaster
+*Serel project - for parallelizing service startup. Commands are inserted into RC scripts to cause needed services to start (based on XML database of dependencies). See http://www.fastboot.org/
- - Richard Gooch project to rewrite boot script system from scratch.  Eliminates lots of
+*LSB specification for comments in RC Scripts which allow parallization.  See http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/refspecs/LSB_1.1.0/gLSB/initscrcomconv.html
- BSD and SYS V-isms, and introduces dependencies.  See
- http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rgooch/linux/boot-scripts/
- - Serel project - for parallelizing service startup. Commands are inserted into RC scripts
- to cause needed services to start (based on XML database of dependencies).
- See http://www.fastboot.org/
- - LSB specification for comments in RC Scripts which allow parallization.  See
- http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/refspecs/LSB_1.1.0/gLSB/initscrcomconv.html
 === Kexec ===

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 === Patches for Reducing Bootup Time ===
- - [[Preset LPJ]] - Allow the use of a preset loops_per_jiffy value
+*[[Preset LPJ]] - Allow the use of a preset loops_per_jiffy value
- - [[IDE No Probe]] - Force kernel to observe the ide<x>=noprobe option
+*[[IDE No Probe]] - Force kernel to observe the ide<x>=noprobe option
- - [[IDE Preempt]] - Make IDE driver init busywaits preemptible
+*[[IDE Preempt]] - Make IDE driver init busywaits preemptible
- - [[Kernel XIP]] - Allow kernel to be executed in-place in ROM or FLASH (code is not isolated yet,
+*[[Kernel XIP]] - Allow kernel to be executed in-place in ROM or FLASH (code is not isolated yet, but is in the CELF source tree)
- but is in the CELF source tree)
 == External projects ==

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 == Implementations and/or patches ==
 === Measurement Systems ===
- - [[Printk Times]] - simple system for showing timing information for each printk
+*[[Printk Times]] - simple system for showing timing information for each printk
- - [[Kernel Function Instrumentation]] - more complete system for reporting function timings in the kernel
+*[[Kernel Function Instrumentation]] - more complete system for reporting function timings in the kernel (The patch for this has not been isolated, but it's currently in the CELF tree)
- (The patch for this has not been isolated, but it's currently in the CELF tree)
 === Patches for Reducing Bootup Time ===

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 == Specifications ==
- - [[TimingAPISpecification]] - requirements (and specification?) for a simple API to support bootup timing measurements
+*[[Timing_APISpecification]] - requirements (and specification?) for a simple API to support bootup timing measurements
-   - see also [[InstrumentationAPI]] for some background research on this API
+*see also [[Instrumentation_API]] for some background research on this API
- - [[Calibrate Delay Avoidance Specification]] - avoiding the cost of calibrate_delay()
+*[[Calibrate Delay Avoidance Specification]] - avoiding the cost of calibrate_delay()
- - [[IDENoProbeSpecification]] - force kernel to observe the IDE "noprobe" command line option
+*[[IDE_No_Probe_Specification]] - force kernel to observe the IDE "noprobe" command line option
- - [[IDE PreemptSpecification]] - change IDE busywaits into preemptible timeouts
+*[[IDE_Preempt_Specification]] - change IDE busywaits into preemptible timeouts
- - [[KernelXIPSpecification]] - support Execute-In-Place for the kernel.
+*[[Kernel_XIP]] - support Execute-In-Place for the kernel.
 == Implementations and/or patches ==

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 == Current Projects ==
- - [[Boot-up Time Reduction Howto]] - this is a project to catalog existing bootup time
+:[[Boot-up Time Reduction Howto]] - this is a project to catalog existing bootup time reduction techniques.  Work on this project is under way.  The wiki will serve as the primary repository of information gathered for this project.
- reduction techniques.  Work on this project is under way.  The wiki will serve
- as the primary repository of information gathered for this project.
 == Specifications ==

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 == Working Group Information ==
 === Charter ===
-  The Bootup Time Working Group shall work to minimize the activation
+:The Bootup Time Working Group shall work to minimize the activation and deactivation times of Linux systems.  This includes making improvements in cold start bootup times and shutdown times, as well as improvements in the speed of suspend and resume operations. The Working Group shall establish requirements for Linux systems and sub-systems in order to accomplish this goal of timely activation and deactivation. Also, the Working Group will evaluate and recommend technical solutions and implementations which accomplish this goal.
-  and deactivation times of Linux systems.  This includes making
-  improvements in cold start bootup times and shutdown times, as well
-  as improvements in the speed of suspend and resume operations.
-  The Working Group shall establish requirements for Linux systems
-  and sub-systems in order to accomplish this goal of timely
-  activation and deactivation. Also, the Working Group will evaluate
-  and recommend technical solutions and implementations which
-  accomplish this goal.
 === Scope ===
-  The scope of this Working Group includes firmware, operating
+:The scope of this Working Group includes firmware, operating system kernel, and user space issues.  It may include work to accelerate device initialization by means of coordination between the firmware and the OS, work inside the OS to reduce the time to initialize kernel sub-systems and device drivers, and work to increase application startup speed.  Also, the Working Group may specify, evaluate or recommend instrumentation and tools for analysing bootup and shutdown times.
-  system kernel, and user space issues.  It may include work to accelerate
-  device initialization by means of coordination between the firmware
-  and the OS, work inside the OS to reduce the time to initialize kernel
-  sub-systems and device drivers, and work to increase application
-  startup speed.  Also, the Working Group may specify, evaluate or
-  recommend instrumentation and tools for analysing bootup and shutdown
-  times.
-  The Working Group will not consider compiler technologies related to
+:The Working Group will not consider compiler technologies related to this issue.
-  this issue.
 === Current Tasks ===
-See the [[Bootup Time Howto Task List]]
+:See the [[Bootup Time Howto Task List]]
 == Documents and information ==