On Sun, 24 Dec 2017 13:31:40 +0100, Ceriel Jacobs wrote:

> Saving:
> 1. ± 0.4 seconds of boot time (10% of boot until root)
> 2. ± 150k of RAM
> 3. ± 75k of disk space

Thanks for bringing this up - I'm also particularly frustrated by the
boot delay caused by the raid6 algorithm benchmark (1).

> New kernel command-line parameters?
> a.) disable, like:
>      - btrfs=noraid6_pq
>      - btrfs=noraid (=no xor at all)
> b.) delay raid6_pq and xor module loading, for cases where root mount 
> doesn't need raid6_pq and/or xor.

c) It might not help with (2) or (3), but I'd be happy with an option to
preselect the raid6 algorithm, so that the benchmark didn't run on each
boot.

Cheers, David
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