On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 04:40:23PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
I usually have a number of kernels in directory /boot. At present, there are 28 such entries. Under those conditions, the mkinitrd step takes about an hour to run. I did an update with apper last night, and it took about 3 hours to install the new packages.
My suggestion is that a special flag be made available, and that the flag be set by any package that needs new initrd files. When all the packages have been installed, then call mkinitrd if the flag is set.
I've seen this a lot as well. But why isn't anyone trying to solve the root problem here, why does mkinitrd take so long? It didn't used to do this for 12.1, what changed to cause it to suck up CPU time? thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+owner@opensuse.org