New comment by pullmoll on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/13064#issuecomment-511086121
Comment:
Oh yes, this seems to make a **big** difference from my impression. Tested `ppc64` with kernel `5.2.0`.
The system startup feels like it is twice as fast (or not slow) as before. Running an update with `xi -u` also went noticeably faster, also for the `dracut` + `grub` updates.

Edit: Actually the huge difference was because I removed `page_poison=1` from the `/etc/default/grub` command line for ppc64-glibc and only this time saw the effects. This is because I have two systems, glibc and musl, on one HDD and two times `/boot/grub` on the root partitions. So it takes two rounds of `update-grub`, on on each arch, to make any changes effective.

So on an unrelated note: If you want some more speed, disable page poisoning on the Linux command line.