On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 10:49:43 +0100
Tomáš Smetana <tsmetana(a)redhat.com> wrote:
I think Jeff Garzik has mentioned Jens Axboe's fcache in this
list
before, but it received little attention. Wouldn't it be worth
trying? Or did someone try that with Fedora? It sounds like a
generic enough solution to "a faster startup" problem.
Relevant link is:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/5/15/46
I helped Jens with testing fcache. I used Debian at the time, but it
should work on any distro. The improvement in boot-up speed was nice.
The problem is fcache is not upstream and it won't be. Jens saw fcache
only as a proof-of-concept hack. He abandoned its development. He had
an idea for a better and easier to use solution. It was supposed to be
more automatic with no special "priming" mode. I don't think he ever
got to implement it though.
Michal