CONTENT

Abstract List of Abreviations List of Figures List of Tables Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Product overview 1.2 Hardware interfaces and functional blocks i iii iv vii 1 1 1

CHAPTER 2 ROOT FILE SYSTEM 2.1 Types of Root File System 2.2 JFFS2 2.2.1 Node format and compatibility 2.2.2 Operation 2.2.3 Mounting 2.2.4 Disadvantages

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CHAPTER 3 OPENWRT 3.1 What is Open WRT 3.2 Download Open WRT 3.3 Directory structure of Open WRT 3.4 Building Open WRT

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CHAPTER 4 BOOT SOURCE OPTIONS 4.1 Boot process from Power ON 4.1.1 Power on and boot rom code execution

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4.1.2 The Boot Loader 4.1.3 The Linux Kernel 4.1.4 The Init Process

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CHAPTER 5 MEASURING THE BOOTING TIME 5.1 Printk 5.2 Initcall Debug 5.3 Kernel Function Trace 5.3.1 Using Kernel function trace 5.3.2 Quick overview 5.3.3 Detailed Instructions 5.3.3.1 Configurating the Kernel for using KFT 5.3.3.2 Editing the static trace run configuration 5.3.4 Triggers 5.3.5 Filters

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CHAPTER 6 MODULES IN THE PROJECT 6.1 Phase-1 Reducing the boot up-time at u-boot level 6.1.1 Optimize the Jffs2 scanning and loading of kernel in u-boot 6.1.1.1 Algorithm for fsload command 6.1.1.2 Algorithm for uload command 6.1.2 Increasing the expansion bus 6.2 Phase-2 Reducing the boot up-time at kernel level 6.2.1 Optimization at asterisk configuration

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6.2.2 Adding Summary to kernel to reduce the mounting time of jffs2 6.2.2.1 How it works 6.2.3 To change the Jffs2 to Ubifs 6.2.3.1 UBIFS 6.2.4 To change the uimage into separate partition 44 44 46 46 51

CHAPTER 7 IMAGES OF THE COMMANDS CHAPTER 8 OUTPUT RESULTS OF THE PROJECT Appendix Commands used in the project References

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