* Adam Talbot talbotx@comcast.net [061211 23:39]:
My current system takes about 3 seconds for Linuxbios, then 2 more for kernel, to the suspend2 code, then 7~12sec depending on how much compression I am using on the suspend2 image.
Just a thought, the firmware level IDE driver is usually not using DMA or any advanced reading methods, and as such a lot slower than the according Linux driver. You might have a hard time keeping the 2s the kernel needs.
So a total boot time of about 15 seconds. Up and playing music, with full X. A normal boot is 33 sec, to get to a full X + music playing. I want sub 10.
Your calculation goes with 3+2+10s - Instead of tuning the 3s or 2s, you might instead start improving on the biggest piece of the cake: the 10s.
I would assume the 2s kernel do some initialization that are expected to happen for the suspend code to work. So even if you manage to win 2s by not booting a kernel, you might have quite some other things to "fix".
S.