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Re:FreeBSD replaces bubblesort with mergesort on SYSINTs, re... by rfmoz on Monday August 21, 2023 @03:34AM (#37206443)
With a custom kernel and without initrd/initramfs is possible to boot around 1 second.
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Re:FreeBSD replaces bubblesort with mergesort on SYSINTs, re... by rascul on Monday August 21, 2023 @08:27AM (#37208539)
Might be quicker if you put everything you need into an initramfs that's built into the kernel. Then there's no slow storage needed once the kernel is loaded.
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