Remove network-online.target as a systemd-service dependency for the sake of boot time?

[kevinywlui]

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Yes. I tried to keyword match against network.target network-online.target

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Error output:

$ systemd-analyze critical-chain       
The time when unit became active or started is printed after the "@" character.
The time the unit took to start is printed after the "+" character.

graphical.target @10.655s
└─multi-user.target @10.655s
  └─auto-cpufreq.service @10.655s
    └─network-online.target @10.654s
      └─NetworkManager-wait-online.service @2.523s +8.129s
        └─NetworkManager.service @2.182s +337ms
          └─basic.target @2.180s
            └─dbus-broker.service @2.152s +24ms
...

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System information:

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auto-cpufreq --debug

Skipped this since this seem unrelated to the core issue.

Also please be descriptive about the issue you're reporting, i.e: what you tried & what's the expected behaviour.

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The main question of this Issue is whether we can remove the dependency from auto-cpufreq.service onto network-online.target. This systemd target blocks until network connectivity which can take several seconds. I do not believe auto-cpufreq uses the network so I believe this dependency can be removed. The blame history points at 84e0c6c but I didn't find additional information.

[AdnanHodzic]

. I do not believe auto-cpufreq uses the network so I believe this dependency can be removed.

I would agree with you on this one, as I can't remember why exactly was this change made.

I do not believe auto-cpufreq uses the network so I believe this dependency can be removed. The blame history points at 84e0c6c but I didn't find additional information.

I would encourage you to give it a try and contribute to the project and you will be credited for your work as part of future release.

[AdnanHodzic]

@kevinywlui I just pushed changes which remove network-online.target as a systemd-service in order to increase boot time.