On Thu, 23 May 2019 at 13:46, Norman Stetter <Norman.Stetter@garz-fricke.com> wrote:

That seems to be a misunderstanding. I want to keep the OS image as small as possible to reduce boot time. We only use python for some test scenarios, so it doesn’t have to be included in the OS image. I did some measurements and including python3 in the OS image increased the boot time by over 30%. So the idea is to have it separately, and only mount it, when needed.


What filesystem are you using?  I wasn't aware of any modern file systems where the number of files installed affected mount performance.

Could you just build two images and have a 'normal' image and a 'test image'?  This is basically what the tools-testapps image feature is for.

Ross