I have been trying to learn mkimitcpio options to reduce my boot time but its been difficult for me, i have seen few posts from @The_Quantum_Alpha and read the arch wiki with some additional blogs but i cant figure out what would be right for my system. I would really appreciate if someone can help me out
This is my inxi output
inxi -Fza
System: Kernel: 5.11.1-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.11-x86_64
root=UUID=7be2aa3e-19ac-4b1e-83e7-9272d041a9a9 rw quiet audit=0 loglevel=0
fsck.mode=skip i915.fastboot=1 ipv6.disable=1 nowatchdog pcie_aspm=off mitigations=off
noibrs noibpb no_stf_barrier tsx=on
Desktop: i3 4.19.1 info: i3bar dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine: Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming v: N/A serial: <filter>
Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Dell model: 065C71 v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 1.13.1 date: 12/18/2020
Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 18.0 Wh condition: 43.8/74.0 Wh (59%) volts: 12.0/11.1
model: Samsung SDI DELL 0GFJ673 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Charging
CPU: Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-7700HQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake
family: 6 model-id: 9E (158) stepping: 9 microcode: DE L2 cache: 6 MiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 44817
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/3800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: vulnerable
Type: mds status: Vulnerable; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown status: Vulnerable
Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
Type: spectre_v1 status: Vulnerable: __user pointer sanitization and usercopy barriers
only; no swapgs barriers
Type: spectre_v2 status: Vulnerable, IBPB: disabled, STIBP: disabled
Type: srbds status: Vulnerable
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics: Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 630 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
chip ID: 8086:591b class ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile] vendor: Dell driver: nvidia
v: 460.39 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1c8c
class ID: 0300
Device-3: Sunplus Innovation Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus ID: 1-12:4 chip ID: 1bcf:28c1 class ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 compositor: picom v: git-dac85 driver:
loaded: modesetting,nvidia alternate: fbdev,intel,nouveau,nv,vesa display ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2")
s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 142 size: 344x193mm (13.5x7.6")
diag: 394mm (15.5")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 630 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.4
direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel CM238 HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:a171 class ID: 0403
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.11.1-1-MANJARO
Network: Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Dell
driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168 class ID: 0200
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: d000
bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 8086:24fd class ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus ID: 1-4:3 chip ID: 8087:0a2b class ID: e001
Message: Required tool hciconfig not installed. Check --recommends
Drives: Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 10.96 GiB (0.9%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SanDisk model: X400 M.2 2280 256GB size: 238.47 GiB
block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: SSD
serial: <filter> rev: 0012 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Toshiba model: MQ01ABD100 size: 931.51 GiB
block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 5400 rpm
serial: <filter> rev: 3D scheme: GPT
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 40 GiB size: 39.12 GiB (97.80%) used: 10.87 GiB (27.8%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
ID-2: /boot/efi raw size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%) used: 93.1 MiB (96.9%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap: Alert: No Swap data was found.
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: 43.0 C sodimm: SODIMM C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Info: Processes: 195 Uptime: 38m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.5 GiB used: 1.87 GiB (12.1%)
Init: systemd v: 247 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: pacman: 923 lib: 260 Shell: Bash
v: 5.1.0 running in: urxvtd inxi: 3.3.01
my udevadm
udevadm info --attribute-walk -n /dev/sda5 | grep 'DRIVERS=="[^"]'
DRIVERS=="sd"
DRIVERS=="ahci"
my mkinitcpio conf
cat /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
# vim:set ft=sh
# MODULES
# The following modules are loaded before any boot hooks are
# run. Advanced users may wish to specify all system modules
# in this array. For instance:
# MODULES=(piix ide_disk reiserfs)
MODULES=""
# BINARIES
# This setting includes any additional binaries a given user may
# wish into the CPIO image. This is run last, so it may be used to
# override the actual binaries included by a given hook
# BINARIES are dependency parsed, so you may safely ignore libraries
BINARIES=()
# FILES
# This setting is similar to BINARIES above, however, files are added
# as-is and are not parsed in any way. This is useful for config files.
FILES=""
# HOOKS
# This is the most important setting in this file. The HOOKS control the
# modules and scripts added to the image, and what happens at boot time.
# Order is important, and it is recommended that you do not change the
# order in which HOOKS are added. Run 'mkinitcpio -H <hook name>' for
# help on a given hook.
# 'base' is _required_ unless you know precisely what you are doing.
# 'udev' is _required_ in order to automatically load modules
# 'filesystems' is _required_ unless you specify your fs modules in MODULES
# Examples:
## This setup specifies all modules in the MODULES setting above.
## No raid, lvm2, or encrypted root is needed.
# HOOKS=(base)
#
## This setup will autodetect all modules for your system and should
## work as a sane default
# HOOKS=(base udev autodetect block filesystems)
#
## This setup will generate a 'full' image which supports most systems.
## No autodetection is done.
# HOOKS=(base udev block filesystems)
#
## This setup assembles a pata mdadm array with an encrypted root FS.
## Note: See 'mkinitcpio -H mdadm' for more information on raid devices.
# HOOKS=(base udev block mdadm encrypt filesystems)
#
## This setup loads an lvm2 volume group on a usb device.
# HOOKS=(base udev block lvm2 filesystems)
#
## NOTE: If you have /usr on a separate partition, you MUST include the
# usr, fsck and shutdown hooks.
HOOKS="base udev autodetect modconf block keyboard keymap filesystems"
# COMPRESSION
# Use this to compress the initramfs image. By default, gzip compression
# is used. Use 'cat' to create an uncompressed image.
#COMPRESSION="gzip"
#COMPRESSION="bzip2"
#COMPRESSION="lzma"
#COMPRESSION="xz"
#COMPRESSION="lzop"
COMPRESSION="lz4"
#COMPRESSION="zstd"
#COMPRESSION="cat"
# COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
# Additional options for the compressor
#COMPRESSION_OPTIONS=()
mkinitcpio -M output
mkinitcpio -M
==> Modules autodetected
acpi_cpufreq
acpi_pad
aesni_intel
btusb
coretemp
crc32c_intel
crc32_pclmul
crct10dif_pclmul
dcdbas
dell_laptop
dell_smbios
dell_smm_hwmon
dell_wmi
dell_wmi_descriptor
ee1004
ext4
fjes
ghash_clmulni_intel
hid_logitech_dj
hid_logitech_hidpp
hid_multitouch
i2c_hid
i2c_i801
i915
idma64
int3400_thermal
int3402_thermal
int3403_thermal
intel_cstate
intel_hid
intel_lpss_pci
intel_pch_thermal
intel_powerclamp
intel_rapl_common
intel_rapl_msr
intel_uncore
iTCO_wdt
iwlwifi
joydev
kvm_intel
mac_hid
mei_hdcp
mei_me
mousedev
mxm_wmi
nouveau
nvidia
nvidia_drm
pcc_cpufreq
pcspkr
processor_thermal_device
r8169
rapl
serio_raw
snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_intel
tpm_crb
tpm_tis
usbhid
uvcvideo
video
wmi
wmi_bmof
x86_pkg_temp_thermal
xhci_pci
lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 05)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0798
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=10 <?>
Kernel driver in use: skl_uncore
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6th-9th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 05) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 122
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff [size=4K]
Memory behind bridge: de000000-df0fffff [size=17M]
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000c0000000-00000000d1ffffff [size=288M]
Capabilities: [88] Subsystem: Dell Device 0798
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [a0] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [140] Root Complex Link
Capabilities: [d94] Secondary PCI Express
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 630 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
DeviceName: Onboard IGD
Subsystem: Dell Device 0798
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 130
Memory at dd000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at f000 [size=64]
Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [virtual] [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [40] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>
Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [ac] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [100] Process Address Space ID (PASID)
Capabilities: [200] Address Translation Service (ATS)
Capabilities: [300] Page Request Interface (PRI)
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem (rev 05)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0798
Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 16
Memory at df320000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>
Kernel driver in use: proc_thermal
Kernel modules: processor_thermal_device
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 31) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
Subsystem: Dell Device 0798
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 126
Memory at df310000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/8 Maskable- 64bit+
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
Kernel modules: xhci_pci
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Thermal Subsystem (rev 31)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0798
Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 18
Memory at df338000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Kernel driver in use: intel_pch_thermal
Kernel modules: intel_pch_thermal
00:15.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Serial IO I2C Controller #0 (rev 31)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0798
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at df337000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [90] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 <?>
Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss
Kernel modules: intel_lpss_pci
00:15.1 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Serial IO I2C Controller #1 (rev 31)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0798
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at df336000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [90] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 <?>
Kernel driver in use: intel-lpss
Kernel modules: intel_lpss_pci
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 31)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0798
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 127
Memory at df335000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [8c] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Kernel driver in use: mei_me
Kernel modules: mei_me
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation HM170/QM170 Chipset SATA Controller [AHCI Mode] (rev 31) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
Subsystem: Dell Device 0798
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 125
Memory at df330000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Memory at df334000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
I/O ports at f090 [size=8]
I/O ports at f080 [size=4]
I/O ports at f060 [size=32]
Memory at df333000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [a8] SATA HBA v1.0
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 123
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff [size=4K]
Memory behind bridge: df200000-df2fffff [size=1M]
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled]
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Dell Device 0798
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Access Control Services
Capabilities: [200] L1 PM Substates
Capabilities: [220] Secondary PCI Express
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #6 (rev f1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 124
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: [disabled]
Memory behind bridge: df100000-df1fffff [size=1M]
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled]
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Dell Device 0798
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Access Control Services
Capabilities: [200] L1 PM Substates
Capabilities: [220] Secondary PCI Express
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM175 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller (rev 31)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0798
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Power Management Controller (rev 31)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0798
Flags: fast devsel
Memory at df32c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=16K]
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation CM238 HD Audio Controller (rev 31) (prog-if 80)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0798
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 131
Memory at df328000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Memory at df300000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family SMBus (rev 31)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0798
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 16
Memory at df332000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
I/O ports at f040 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c_i801
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell Device 0798
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 132
Memory at de000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at e000 [size=128]
Expansion ROM at df000000 [virtual] [disabled] [size=512K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [250] Latency Tolerance Reporting
Capabilities: [258] L1 PM Substates
Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?>
Capabilities: [420] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [600] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=024 <?>
Capabilities: [900] Secondary PCI Express
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0798
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
Memory at df204000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at df200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 01
Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=4 Masked-
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 01-00-00-00-68-4c-e0-00
Capabilities: [170] Latency Tolerance Reporting
Capabilities: [178] L1 PM Substates
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 8265 / 8275 (rev 78)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 0050
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 129
Memory at df100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [40] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 00-28-f8-ff-ff-cb-56-79
Capabilities: [14c] Latency Tolerance Reporting
Capabilities: [154] L1 PM Substates
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
Kernel modules: iwlwifi
lsblk
lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 238.5G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 529M 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 100M 0 part /boot/efi
├─sda3 8:3 0 16M 0 part
├─sda4 8:4 0 197.8G 0 part
└─sda5 8:5 0 40G 0 part /
sdb 8:16 0 931.5G 0 disk
├─sdb1 8:17 0 128M 0 part
└─sdb2 8:18 0 931.4G 0 part
Please let me know if you need any more info
