Significant performance problem with modprobe

[Ed W]

On 13/06/2011 10:03, walter harms wrote:
> just a remark, BB is intended for embedded systems. Normaly they change
> not much that means you can compile the drivers static into your kernel
> removing the need for modules at all.
> 
> This does not touch the subject of perfermance directly but is an indicator
> that theses tools are not used much or that nobody cares in this case.
> 
> please do not get me wrong it is totaly ok that you have reported that issue
> but my impression is that you can improve your system much more easy by other
> measures that adding a binary file for modprobe config.

Hi, please read the original message again.  My kernel *does* have all
drivers compiled in.  Therefore the whole point is that I'm spending
several *seconds* running bb modprobe on an alias file which should be
in buffer cache and the end result doesn't load anything...

See the issue?

Cheers

Ed W