From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christopher Baines Subject: Re: speed of qemu vms Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 07:28:32 +0100 Message-ID: <20171025072832.68438a7f@cbaines.net> References: <0280819d-ce56-c7fa-b550-8db36a01c555@crazy-compilers.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; boundary="Sig_/zu.xKC5xZujBf76lFgRvDq6"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51106) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e7FBB-0001F7-TC for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2017 02:28:42 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e7FB8-0001pf-O6 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2017 02:28:41 -0400 Received: from li622-129.members.linode.com ([212.71.249.129]:33549 helo=mira.cbaines.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e7FB8-0001oW-HX for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Oct 2017 02:28:38 -0400 In-Reply-To: <0280819d-ce56-c7fa-b550-8db36a01c555@crazy-compilers.com> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Hartmut Goebel Cc: guix-devel --Sig_/zu.xKC5xZujBf76lFgRvDq6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 21:30:06 +0200 Hartmut Goebel wrote: > Hello, >=20 > for testing I used to build VM using "guix system vm =E2=80=A6" and the m= achines > are, well, reacting slowly: >=20 > Plasma start up: 80 sec. >=20 > Menu: 36 sec >=20 > When I tried a Vm created with "guix system vm-image =E2=80=A6" the machi= ne is > much quicker: >=20 > Plasma start up:=C2=A0 25 sec. >=20 > Menu: immediately. >=20 > This is a huge contrast, so I wonder what is the reason for this. Any > ideas? And any ideas how to speed up the first variant? I'm guessing that the issue with the first variant is the same that I was coming up against here [1]. 1: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2017-08/msg00064.html --Sig_/zu.xKC5xZujBf76lFgRvDq6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQKTBAEBCgB9FiEEPonu50WOcg2XVOCyXiijOwuE9XcFAlnwLxBfFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldDNF ODlFRUU3NDU4RTcyMEQ5NzU0RTBCMjVFMjhBMzNCMEI4NEY1NzcACgkQXiijOwuE 9Xf8Ag//SvxtYw9H/RN6rRmA6X9Tmqt5c3iI5NDlp3whI89CQURxJNG+LL45TMfp fwgKEAfEWEegXWThg6UZ/i2cPaccBGCQ9unTpIjEGj9SeLaEa7pjLiKYfDFSzheD XCUy22rEHlpi3aOFTvKgXqK1YhIwb3ArgaiyEyqIdhyZjQqD4SEbLo8aMssxjRFF B14qqJ0E9k/foYnNkotzHwzcSxt1d3KtWuDuXz/GqikTjOxU1KB21IMl7XQkNN/c 9dfofyFJuJ1sKFGdj1LbvGTGRKZ1mrNJ4rzumAqE8bP8wbLEuaD3QeIl97Jm3w91 5qmizaRRA6HtQ3kRcCzH35tCuNpreVNoh7SONqdTthCN6utTyB2YVka0mJZuHTNx Q0dCHWFXLMu+s88GEPZA4PfzxUnAxvtGjf2FCK7eJgSw1ObKVTG6EehGhiuxXknV W5L1549ua5F48lvdtHZB1q33T+OiVG6erBfUtPwhJHQCg3dhjApAPWmlVvOjjaKp fl3fOjXQLdSn6aYYuHtIZL+HkxRP5539g5aNQ+UVQMcoPoJatypN7JuZFL8VHOHI HtdWHkfK44noEuy8opqfdOJAoT2dFc6y48CvTb43ajpiZKzAWO7W6olUfLkFw0lQ IAT4nU4nD2AK+Tk2R0BuwL89/N9gJOBRCeYabmq1Zxe4SOwWNTc= =m/N3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/zu.xKC5xZujBf76lFgRvDq6--