Bug 6977 - mkfs.ext3 is slow to copy rootfs to new file system
Summary: mkfs.ext3 is slow to copy rootfs to new file system
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 7341
Alias: None
Product: OE-Core
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: deployment (show other bugs)
Version: 1.7
Hardware: All Multiple
: Medium enhancement
Target Milestone: 1.8 M3
Assignee: Robert Yang
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Reported: 2014-11-18 16:12 UTC by Ross Burton
Modified: 2015-02-20 13:14 UTC (History)
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Description Ross Burton 2014-11-18 16:12:00 UTC 
mkfs.ext3 takes my machine (3GHz Xeon with SATA disks) 8 minutes to copy a core-image-sato-sdk rootfs (totalling 3GB) into the filesystem image.  During this time CPU usage is high and disk IO is rarely more than 600K/s.

I understand this is an apples-and-oranges thing but cp -a && sync of the same rootfs takes 30 seconds.
Comment 1 Ross Burton 2015-02-20 13:13:48 UTC 
Mark as a duplicate of the newer bug with more details.
Comment 2 Ross Burton 2015-02-20 13:14:42 UTC 
Actually marking as a dup this time.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 7341 ***