Re: 9.1: boot-time delay?

[David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

On Tue, 18 May 2021 at 20:02, Mouse <mouse%rodents-montreal.org@localhost> wrote:
>
> I'm dealing with a turnkey product running under 9.1/amd64.  On certain
> hardware, there is a pause, almost exactly 22 seconds, during autoconf.
> I'm trying to eliminate it.  A sufficiently cut-down kernel does the
> job, but another cut-down kernel doesn't.  I'm trying to track down
> what's responsible.  (The kernel that eliminates the pause is used by
> the installer; the one that doesn't is the one that's used in normal
> operation.  Unless it turns out to be something essential for
> operation, I'd like to cut it out of the operational kernel.)
[...]
> [     3.288539] uhub2: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
> [     3.288539] uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
> [    25.272567] wd0 at atabus0 drive 0
> [    25.273568] wd0: <ST500DM002-1BD142>

I'd take a long hard look at what ata or atapi devices were configured
in the kernel - smells like a timeout (though I would have expected 30
seconds...) Though that seems obvious enough to have already been
checked :-p

David