Re: [PATCH] mmc: core: Optimize boot time by detecting cards simultaneously

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On 17 December 2015 at 20:47, Alan Cooper <alcooperx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 4:07 AM, Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> To find the improved card detection times, I just used the kernel boot
>> log and checked the time stamps for when the cards get detected. I ran
>> the tests ~10 times and picked up some average values.
>>
>> To notice the improvement you need at least two cards to be inserted
>> during boot. Perhaps you have a platform with one eMMC and one SD card
>> slot, you can test.
>
> I tested the patch on one of our ARM bases SoC's. The SoC has an SD
> card slot on the first controller and an eMMC device on the second
> controller. I found ~100ms improvement on the time it took for the
> rootfs on the eMMC device to be ready for use. Interestingly, I did
> see the SD/eMMC order swap once in 20 tries. This is not an issue for
> us as we already have to use UUID for the eMMC rootfs in case an SD
> card is installed.
>
> Al

Al, thanks for your effort in testing. I assume I can apply a
tested-by tag for that!

BTW, if you want to see an even better improvement, just find a
crappier SD card as I guess you have a quite good one. :-)

Kind regards
Uffe
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