From d4a8bb04cc7fd7dbab6501e16b2f4d8a9a92acac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard W.M. Jones" Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 22:37:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] launch: Don't initialize all UARTs (serial ports). This doesn't save very much time, perhaps under 1ms, but it avoids some useless scanning. (cherry picked from commit d76129aa0cca856994c1a65b55dc18d2a2049d34) --- src/launch.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/src/launch.c b/src/launch.c index 9f5b14f..04b0e94 100644 --- a/src/launch.c +++ b/src/launch.c @@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ guestfs_int_appliance_command_line (guestfs_h *g, const char *appliance_dev, " printk.time=1" /* display timestamp before kernel messages */ " cgroup_disable=memory" /* saves us about 5 MB of RAM */ " usbcore.nousb" /* disable USB, only saves about 1ms */ + " 8250.nr_uarts=1" /* don't scan all 8250 UARTS */ "%s" /* root=appliance_dev */ " %s" /* selinux */ " %s" /* quiet/verbose */ -- 2.7.4